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SALALM
Newsletter
Publication of the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials
Volume XXXVIII, Number Two
ISSN 0098-6275
Presidential Message…
Greetings from Michigan! Hope you are all off
to a productive fall semester. As I write this message,
my eyes are continually drawn out the window, to
my favorite tree. There is nothing unusual about this
tree, but I love it because it is the one that heralds the
new season. Today, the leaves on the top branches are
already turning a lovely shade of orange and I know it
will not be long before fall is in full swing. In fact, I
am happy to report that temperatures in Michigan are
already cooler.
While I watch the leaves rustle on that tree, I am
thinking back to our meeting in July. I can say without
hesitation that it was one of my favorite SALALM
conferences; my thanks to Patricia and Fernando for
the excellent program and local arrangements planning.
October 2010
Their efforts not only made for a truly enjoyable
experience, but also netted a profit of approximately
$11,000! For this I must also extend my thanks to the
generous support of Brown University Library, the
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at
Brown, and the Princeton University Library.
For those of you not able to join us in Providence
or who simply missed the Town Hall, Business or
Executive Board meetings, I would like to provide a few
highlights. Foremost in my mind are the two proposals
passed at the second Executive Board meeting: 1) a
recommendation from the Editorial Board to cease the
printed SALALM Newsletter and integrate its content
with the SALALM website and 2) the formation of
a SALALM Communications Committee. Both of
these proposals spurred lively discussion during the
conference at a special session and again in the Town
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The Newsletter...
Editor:
Daisy V. Domínguez
Subject Librarian for History, Latin American & Latino
Studies; Spanish & Portuguese Literature
160 Convent Avenue
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New York, New York 10031
phone: 212-650-5758
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Published: August, October, December, February, April
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SALALM. The deadline for submission of news and articles is the 15th of the month before the month of publication. The deadline for advertising is the 25th of the
month before the month of publication. Next deadline:
November 15th, 2010 All contributions, and works
for review (works of reference or on librarianship or
the book trade, and of Latin American relevance only,
please) should be sent to the Newsletter editors.
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Susan Bach
From the Editor…
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to our first
digital issue! As Nerea notes above, the Newsletter will
be transitioning to a new format on the website. Until
then, we hope that the next few .pdf issues will make it
easier for you to link to URLs and share the great work
that SALALM does with more colleagues.
In this issue, you will read about several exhibits
and archival collections; news from our colleagues in
Brazil and our Enlacista winners in Chile and Mexico;
a rapporteur report and the approved Executive Board
meeting minutes from SALALM 54 in Berlin; most
Committee Reports from SALALM 55 in Providence;
and Alison Hicks’ dospuntocero column. Also included
is a piece by David Block which elaborates on
comments he made at the first Executive Board meeting
in Providence regarding being prepared for a simpler
SALALM.
Finally, we also remember several friends of
SALALM who have recently passed away. Although
it is always sad to hear about a passing, it is also
heartwarming to read about their rich lives and how
many people their lives influenced and touched.
As always, a huge thanks to all of the contributors
whose writing and images make all SALALM’s work
come alive every Newsletter.
Your Editor,
Daisy V. Domínguez
The City College of New York, CUNY
Contributors and Correspondents…
Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez, Holly Ackerman, Vera
Araujo, Lauren Benton, David Block, Walter Brem,
Hortensia Calvo, Paloma Celis Carbajal, Teresa Chapa,
Paula Covington, Roberto C. Delgadillo, Daisy V.
Domínguez, Georgette Dorn, David Dressing, Claudia
Escobar Vallarta, Virginia García, Jane Garner, Luis
A. González, Alison Hicks, Joe Holub, Ellen Jaramillo,
Benjamin Johnson, Sean Knowlton, Jana Krentz, Nerea
A. Llamas, Martha Mantilla, Nashieli Marcano, Orchid
Mazurkiewicz, Katherine D. McCann, Philip McLeod,
Stephanie Rocío Miles, Irene Münster, Linda Oliveira,
Alma Ortega, Richard Phillips, Sergio Rodríguez
Quezada, Linda Russo, Sandra Soares,Peter Stern,
Gabrielle Sykes-Casavant, Rafael E. Tarragó, Timothy
Thompson, Gayle Williams
From the Executive Secretary...
I wish I had better news to report regarding
membership renewals. As of early October, only 95
personal members have renewed their memberships.
Also, 40 institutional members have renewed, including 4 sponsoring members. This is not good. If we
consider that we closed 2009-2010 with a total membership of 347, which included 241 personal members,
106 institutional, including 21 sponsoring members,
then only 39% of members have renewed. Renewals
were due in September; please send in your renewal
today. A big thank you to those who have done so already.
On a brighter note, we do have four new personal members that have joined SALALM, so look for
those bios in the December issue.
Finally, on September 24, we had our annual
open house and book sale at the Latin American Library (see photo in this issue). As usual, we featured
a table with SALALM publications and informational
literature. I am happy to report that SALALM publications were selling like beignets at the event, relatively
speaking. We sold three copies of Eileen Oliver’s AfroBrazilian Religions, and one copy each of Celebrating
Culture: Space, Symbols, and Tradition in Latin America and the Caribbean and Latin American Identities:
Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality. Considering
our batting average of 1 to 3 titles in past years, I think
we did pretty well!
Hortensia Calvo, Tulane University
Executive Secretary
Carol Avila (SALALM), Hortensia Calvo (Tulane
University), annual open house and book sale at the
Latin American Library (Tulane University). Photo
courtesy of Verónica Sánchez.
Contents...
Presidential Message
Sponsoring Members
The Newsletter
Advertisers
From the Editor
Contributors & Correspondents
From the Executive Secretary
SALALM Honorary Members
SALALM Executive Board
Members’ News
Institutional News
Announcements
SALALM LIV
SALALM LV dospuntocero
Conferences & Meetings
SALALM Membership Form
salalm honorary members
Felix Reichman, elected 1970
Arthur Gropp, elected 1972
Nettie Lee Benson, elected 1977
Emma Simonson, elected 1977
Irene Zimmerman, elected 1977
Marietta Daniels Shepard, elected 1978
A. Curtis Wilgus, elected 1978
Alice Ball, elected 1984
Peter de la Garza, elected 1989
Don Wisdom, elected 1991
Pauline Collins, elected 1997
Carl Deal, elected 1997
Suzanne Hodgman, elected 1997
Rosa Q. Mesa, elected 1997
Iliana Sonntag Blay, elected 1997
Laurence Hallewell, elected 1998
Juan Risso, elected 1998
Alma T. Jordan, elected 1999
Dolores M. Martin, elected 1999
Jane Garner, elected 2005
Laura Gutiérrez-Witt, elected 2005
Peter Johnson, elected 2005
Barbara Valk, elected 2006
Robert McNeil, elected 2006
Ann Hartness, elected 2008
Nelly S. González, elected 2009
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SALALM EXECUTIVE BOARD, 2010/2011
President: Nerea Llamas, University of Michigan
Vice President/President Elect: Lynn Shirey, Harvard University
Past President: Fernando Acosta Rodríguez, Princeton University
Executive Secretary: Hortensia Calvo, Tulane University
Rapporteur General: Roberto Delgadillo, University of California-Davis
Treasurer: Ann C. Barnhart, University of West Georgia
Members-at-large:
2008-2011: Martha Mantilla, University of Pittsburgh
Roberto Delgadillo, University of California-Davis
2009-2013: Adán Benavides, University of Texas
Sean Knowlton, Tulane University
2010-2014: David Block, University of Texas-Austin
Darlene Hull, Libros de Barlovento
Members News
talk, he nevertheless always enjoyed some pleasantries
with us as he moved into the book stacks for his needed
items. For many years he passed on to us his issues of
David Bushnell (1923-2010)
Colombia’s weekly Semana - I can’t even begin to list
In Memoriam
his other generous donations.
His on-going research was boundless. He edited
Like others, I am truly saddened by Dr. in an area of his focus: Simón Bolívar: essays on the life
Bushnell’s passing. He was a frequent visitor to the and legacy of the liberator edited by David Bushnell
University of Florida Latin American Collection and and Lester D. Langley. Lanham, Md.: Rowman &
was always an intellectual inspiration.
Littlefield Pub. 2008. In 1981 I had the good fortune to take a
I understand that donations in his memory
graduate-level class with him, meeting on campus for may be sent to the Colombia Foundation <www.
a few weeks and then (at his invitation) moving to his givetocolombia.org>.
home on nearby NW 34th St. here in Gainesville. In that
Richard Phillips
class was also Jane Landers, who is now in the History
University of Florida
Department at Vanderbilt University (VU) after serving
as Director of VU’s Latin American Center. There were Latin Americanists from around the world
two other students in that class – both long forgotten mourn the passing of David Bushnell at the age of
– but what stands out in my mind is Dr. Bushnell’s kind 87. He shines as one of the great historians of the
interest in all of his students. independence period in South America. Dr. Bushnell often cycled to campus and the In addition to his many seminal works, David
Collection was often one of his stops. Carrying a was a staunch supporter of libraries. David was a close
tattered backpack, he would unload many gifts for associate of Howard F. Cline, director of the Hispanic
us – he was on the boards and mailing lists of many Division from 1953 until his untimely death in 1971.
intellectual and academic institutions throughout the David was also a valued advisor to the Hispanic Division
Americas and beyond. Not one for too much small- and, more recently, to me. He served as a contributing
editor to the Handbook of Latin American Studies for
the History of the Independence Period from 1957
until 1990. He was a member of its advisory board
from 1981 to 1992. His unstinting support for fifty
years, and his insight in selecting the best publications
for inclusion, helped to make the Handbook into the
scholarly bibliography of record.
David was active in the profession until the
very end. Last March he was the first person I invited
to give a presentation on November 19, 2010 at an allday international conference on “Creating Freedom
in the Americas: 1776-1826,” which is sponsored by
the Department of State’s Western Hemisphere Affairs
and the Library of Congress. We exchanged electronic
messages for the past six months and David suggested
scholars from both sides of the Atlantic. Then on August
8, he wrote to me that his health had taken a turn for the
worse and that he would not be able to participate in an
event in which he was “…eagerly anticipating.”
Georgette Dorn
Library of Congress
Anne Jordan
In Memoriam
Anne Jordan, Executive Secretary of SALALM
from 1977-79, passed away in Austin, Texas on August
4, 2010. She was 86 years old. While serving SALALM
half-time, she spent her other half as first a Latin
American serials cataloger and then as Rare Books
Librarian in the Benson Latin American Collection.
She retired from the library in 1992.
Jane Garner
Morre Dorina Nowill
In Memoriam
Faleceu no dia 29 de agosto, ao 91 anos, Dona
Dorina Nowill, criadora da Fundação para o Livro do
Cego no Brasil. Com toda a vida dedicada à construção
de uma sociedade de inclusão, Dona Dorina foi uma
figura ímpar na difusão da leitura, da escritura e da
arte de viver para os não-videntes. A fundação que
leva seu nome é hoje uma referência em projetos
para incluso social de pessoas com deficiência visual,
atuando na “produção de livros em braille, livros
e revistas falados e obras acadêmicas no formato
Digital Acessível, distribuídos gratuitamente para
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pessoas com deficiência visual e para centenas de
escolas, bibliotecas e organizações” de todo o país.
Sandra Soares
Susan Bach Books from Brazil
Anthony John R. Russell-Wood
In Memoriam
John Russell-Wood, Herbert Baxter Adams
Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, died
at his home in Maryland of melanoma on August 13,
2010. He was 70 years old and had been a member of
the History faculty at Johns Hopkins University since
1971.
Russell-Wood was born in Wales and studied
at Oxford, where he was a star squash player and
came late to a love of history, encouraged by Charles
Boxer and Hugh Trevor-Roper. He became one of
his generation’s most influential historians of colonial
Brazil and the Portuguese world. His prize-winning
first book, Fidalgos and Philanthropists: The Santa
Casa da Misericrdia of Bahia,1550-1755, mined
underutilized archives in Brazil to create the first
serious study of this key colonial institution. Twice
reprinted, his path breaking The Black Man in Slavery
and Freedom in Colonial Brazil was ahead of its
time in exploring the lived experience of slaves, the
divergent regional trajectories of slavery, and the role of
black brotherhoods in Brazilian social and economic
life. Russell-Wood’s vision broadened to take in the
global Portuguese empire. His book A World on the
Move: The Portuguese in Africa, Asia, and America,
1415-1808 (and its paperback version, The Portuguese
Empire, 1415-1808) explored the movement of
Portuguese subjects across world regions usually
studied in isolation.
Russell-Wood’s Hopkins webpage lists his
interests as including “administrative history, history
of institutions, history of art, history of technology,
history of medicine and of public health, history of the
family, urban history, historiography, women, race,
and slavery.” Amazingly, he contributed to all these
fields. In some cases - as with the history of slavery
in Brazil and the study of local government in
empires - his work set the standard for several
generations of scholars. Russell-Wood was honored
on three continents, including appointments as
Commander of the Order of Dom Henrique in
Portugal, Officer of the Order of Rio Branco in Brazil,
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and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in Britain.
John Russell-Wood combined his exceptional
record of scholarship with a reputation for personal
integrity, generosity, and good humor. Even when
serving, as he did twice, as department chair at Johns
Hopkins, his office door was always open to students
and colleagues. Strong Brazilian cane brandy, cachaça,
was sometimes offered, and good storytelling was
encouraged by example. Russell-Wood demanded hard
work from his students and insisted on high standards,
but he always mixed criticism with encouragement.
Without fail, the formula worked; all his graduate
students finished their degrees, many in record time,
and all found university positions.
Though gregarious by nature, John RussellWood was also deeply private about the rich life he
shared with his wife, children, and grandchildren.
His intellectual legacy is apparent to all: he leaves a
profound influence on Brazilian history and the history
of the Portuguese world, and a positive mark on all
those who knew him through his work.
This article was reprinted from H-LATAM with the
author’s permission.
Lauren Benton
New York University
More Remembrances of John R. RussellWood by SALALM Members
John Russell-Wood was generous to SALALM.
I asked if he would speak on Brazilian hinterlands for
the SALALM Conference at Stanford/Berkeley. He
personally paid for his trip there. He wrote a great paper
and agreed to publish it in the Proceedings instead of
the scholarly journal that wanted it, and attended and
contributed much to the panels and discussions.
Paula Covington
Vanderbilt University
To elaborate on Paula’s remarks about John
Russell-Wood at the 1988 SALALM meeting in
Berkeley: I was the panel chair for his session. We got
to know each other quickly. He stayed for the whole
conference, and participated fully as Paula indicates.
He was also very interested in the California missions,
and I provided some information for him. As it turns
out, he got a car and visited all 21 missions here in
California. I saw him at the American Historical
Association Conference in San Francisco in 1994, and
he filled me in on his mission trip. In any case, he was
a real sport at that SALALM meeting.
Walter Brem
David Weber
In Memoriam
Dear Friends of the Clements Center:
As many of you surely know by now, David
Weber died on Friday, August 20, in the company of his
family, in Gallup, New Mexico. He was 69 and had been
battling multiple myeloma for nearly three years, with
the courage and fortitude that were so characteristic of
how he lived.
David was one of the leading scholars of the
U.S. Southwest, the Spanish and Mexican Borderlands,
Mexico, and colonial Latin America. He was known
widely, far beyond this country, for his scholarship,
published in the more than seventy articles and twentyseven books that he wrote or edited. He played leading
roles in revitalizing the study of the U.S.-Mexico
borderlands, in the emergence of Mexican-American
history as a robust field, and in the study of the colonial
Americas more broadly. David, as you know, was the
founding director of the Clements Center. He took
tremendous pride in the Center’s accomplishments and
increasingly high profile and was particularly devoted
to the former Center fellows.
David came to Southern Methodist University
(SMU) in 1976. For the next 34 years he taught
thousands of SMU undergraduates and mentored
numerous students in our history PhD and MA
programs. The importance of his work was recognized
in multiple book prizes; by the governments of Spain
and Mexico, each of which gave him the highest honor
that they bestow on foreigners; by his induction into
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; by other
awards and honors too numerous to list here; and by the
enormous regard in which he was held by so many in
the profession.
Like countless others, Sherry Smith, Andrea
Boardman, Ruth Ann Elmore, and I mourn the loss
of the person, not just the scholar. We will remember
not only the books and the articles, but his smiles, the
warmth in his eyes, his easy sense of humor, and his
largeness of spirit. He was as generous and warm a soul
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as I’ve ever known. We are grateful to have had him as
a friend and colleague.
David is survived by his wife, Carol Bryant
Weber of Dallas; son and daughter-in-law, Scott David
Weber and Catherine D. Weber of Dallas; daughter,
Amy Weber del Rio of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and
grandchildren, Sarah Margaret Weber, 19, and Dickson
Scott Weber, 14, both of Dallas, and Amaya Eloise del
Rio, 10, of Colorado Springs. He also is survived by
siblings, Judith Weber Anderson and husband, Andy,
of Miami Springs, Florida; Donald Weber and wife,
Giovanna, of Plymouth, Massachusetts; and Daniel
Weber of Laos.
As per the family’s request, memorial
contributions can be sent to the Clements Center for
Southwest Studies, SMU Office of Development, P.O.
Box 281, Dallas, TX 75275, or the Multiple Myeloma
Research Foundation.
This article was reprinted from H-LATAM with
the author’s permission.
Benjamin Johnson
Southern Methodist University
Institutional News
Ancestors and Descendants: Ancient
Southwestern America at the Dawn of the
Twentieth Century
The New Orleans Museum of Art recently
debuted an original exhibit titled “Ancestors and
Descendants: Ancient Southwestern America at the
Dawn of the Twentieth Century.” The exhibit explores
the early work of archaeologist/anthropologist George
Hubbard Pepper in the American Southwest. Much of
the research for the exhibit was done at the Tulane Latin
American Library using our George H. Pepper Papers. The Museum also borrowed more than 40 items from
the Tulane Latin American Library as well as many
more from the collections of Tulane’s Middle American
Research Institute. If you are in New Orleans over the
next few months, it’s well worth the visit. For more
information on the exhibit, visit <http://www.noma.
org/exhibitions.html>
David Dressing
Tulane University
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New Exhibit and Lecture Series at
University of Arizona Libraries Special
Collections Explore Stories and Music of
the Mexican Revolution
Special Collections at the University of Arizona
Libraries recently opened its newest exhibit, “Stories
& Music of the Revolution: A Commemorative Exhibit
on the Centennial of Mexico’s Revolution,” on display
from Sept. 9 – Dec. 20, 2010.
Through unofficial correspondence among
citizens, reminiscences written years after the incidents,
photographs, broadsides, sound recordings, government
circulars, and wood-block engravings, “Stories & Music
of the Revolution” illustrates a sense of individual and
collective experiences along the border from 1910 –
1920, the turbulent years of the Revolution.
“Stories & Music of the Revolution” draws from
Special Collections’ expansive Borderlands materials
to recreate the Revolution as experienced from two
perspectives: those fighting for agrarian, economic, and
other societal reforms and those seeking to stabilize the
nation or remain in power. The materials on display
were selected from a variety of collections including
the papers of journalist, playwright, and women’s rights
advocate Sophie Treadwell; George Hunt, Arizona’s first
governor; and the Arizona, Southwest and Borderlands
photograph collection. Sound recordings, corrido lyrics,
and sheet music drawn from the University Libraries’
fine arts holdings and personal collections complement
the materials selected from Special Collections.
A lecture series that explores the cultural, political,
and economic legacy of the Revolution is being held
throughout the fall in conjunction with the exhibit. The
lecture series includes presentations from University of
Arizona (UA) scholars:
• William Beezley, a UA Professor in the
Department of History explores the social context
of Mexico’s epic Revolution.
• A regional overview of the First Centennial of
Independence by Luis Edgardo Coronado Guel,
a doctoral candidate in the UA Department of
History.
• An exploration of the literature of the era titled
“Writing on the Edge” by Tom Miller, Arizona
Humanities Council Speakers Bureau; Research
Associate, UA Center for Latin American Studies;
and Tucson author.
• An overview of personal accounts of the
Borderlands Battles that defined relationships
between the U.S. and Mexico by Regents'
Professor of History Oscar Martinez.
• An overview of Mexican corridos – songs dedicated
to defining the values, issues and ideas of the
revolution – presented by Raquel Rubio Goldsmith, a
lecturer in the UA Department of Mexican American
and Raza studies; Celestino Fernandez, Professor,
UA Department of Sociology; with a performance
by Los Cuatro Vientos Musical Group.
Curated by UA librarians Verónica Reyes-Escudero
and Bob Diaz, “Stories & Music of the Revolution”
commemorates the 200th anniversary of Mexico’s
Independence and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican
Revolution. The exhibit and lecture series are sponsored
by the Friends of the University Libraries and the
Consulate of Mexico in Tucson. For more information
please visit
<http://www.library.arizona.edu/news/
entries/view/2500>.
Gabrielle Sykes-Casavant
University of Arizona
Detail, Woodcut, De Francisco Moreno Capdevila, from
El Coyote—Corrido De La Revolución, Celedonio
Serrano Martinez, Mexico, 1951. Courtesy of the
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections.
Bay Area Libraries Collaborate on Mexican
Independence Exhibit
The University of California, Berkeley’s
Bancroft Library and Stanford University’s Cecil H.
Green Library recently opened a joint exhibit entitled
“Celebrating Mexico: The Grito de Dolores and the
Mexican Revolution.” The University of California,
Berkeley’s exhibit runs from September 2, 2010 through
January 14, 2011 and the Stanford University exhibit runs
from September 20 through January 16, 2011. Visit the
Stanford Library’s exhibit website (available at <http://sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/latinam/celebmex/index.
html> for digitized reproductions of some of the
material on exhibit. Read more on the University of
Berkeley’s press release at <http://berkeley.edu/news/
media/releases/2010/08/31_mexico_exhibit.shtml>.
Co-curator Adán Griego (Stanford University)
was interviewed about the exhibit on the KQED
program Forum visit <http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/
R201009151031> for the interview) as well as on
KQED’s The California Report (visit <http://www.
californiareport.org/archive/R201009171630/d> for
the interview).
“Deena Stryker: Photographs of Cuba,
1963-1964” Exhibit at Duke University
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The Duke University Perkins Library exhibit
“Deena Stryker: Photographs of Cuba, 1963-1964”
opened on August 30 and runs through December 12,
2010. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The
Exhibition Opening, Artist Talk, Panel Discussion and
Gallery Tour took place on September 16, 2010, from
4-7 p.m. in the Perkins Library Biddle Rare Book Room
on the Duke West Campus. Panelists included co-curator
Holly Ackerman (Duke Libraries), Monika Gosin
(Duke Center for Latino/a Studies in the Global South),
Linda Howe (Wake Forest University, Department of
Romance Studies), Lars Schoultz (UNC-Chapel Hill,
Department of Political Science), and Heather Settle
(Duke Department of Cultural Anthropology). For
more information on the exhibit, as well as access to
the entire collection, visit: <http://exhibits.library.duke.
edu/exhibits/show/stryker>.
Holly Ackerman
Duke University
Princeton Collections
Princeton’s Graphic Arts Collection recently
acquired a collection of prints (49 items) produced by the
artist cooperative Asamblea de Artistas Revolucionarios
de Oaxaca (ASARO) between 2006 and 2009. You may
read about the collection and view some of the prints
at
<http://blogs.princeton.edu/graphicarts/2010/07/
asamblea_de_artistas_revolucio.html>. Margo Glantz was recently awarded the Premio
de la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara,
which makes this a perfect moment to announce that the
Princeton University Library’s Manuscripts Division
recently acquired the papers of Mexican writers Margo
Glantz and Jorge Ibargüengoitia. Both collections have
already been processed and are open to researchers. Follow the links below for access information and
detailed finding aids. Xavier Castell (Grupo Enciclo), Adán Griego (Stanford University), and Ana Lupe Cristan (Library of Congress) Margo Glantz Papers, 1956-2009
at SALALM 55. Photo courtesy of Lupe Cristan.
The collection contains typed manuscript
drafts with author corrections of several of her major
works: Las mil y una calorías, No pronunciarás,
Doscientas ballenas azules, Las genealogías, Síndrome
de naufragios, De la amorosa inclinación a enredarse
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en cabellos, Apariciones, and Saña. Typed manuscript
drafts of short stories, critical essays and talks, and
theatrical, radio, and TV adaptations of La hija del
judío also appear in the collection. Correspondence
consists of letters from friends, scholars, and Latin
American writers, including Angélica Gorodischer,
José Kozer, Juan Antonio Masoliver Ródenas, Sergio
Pitol, Mercedes Valdivieso, and Luisa Valenzuela. The
collection also includes audiovisual material about
Glantz and about numerous writers and intellectuals
(mostly Mexican), such as audiocassette, CD, DVD,
and VHS recordings of Glantz’s interviews and TV and
radio appearances.
Jorge Ibargüengoitia Papers, 1923-2008
This collection contains notes and drafts of
many of Ibargüengoitia’s plays and novels, including
El atentado, Clotilde en su casa, Maten al león, Las
muertas, Los pasos de López, and Los relámpagos de
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cantaba. Drafts of Ibargüengoitia’s short stories and
film scenarios, translations of his works, biweekly
columns for Excélsior, and essays for Vuelta also
appear in the collection. Correspondence consists of
letters from family and friends such as Enrique Krauze
and Octavio Paz as well as business correspondence
with literary agents and publishers. The collection also
includes photographs, personal papers, writings about
Ibargüengoitia, and printed material.
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hesitate to contact me with any questions related to
these collections. Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez
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Announcements
Demise of Jornal do Brasil
Completing 120 years of history, on September
1, 2010, one of the best, oldest, most traditional – and
in some periods, the most innovative, original and
combative – Brazilian newspapers disappeared in
printed format. Today it became the first entirely digital
newspaper in Brazil.
Jornal Do Brasil invented cultural supplements,
set trends, formed opinions and was one of the bulwarks
against the military dictatorship of 1964, for which it
paid dearly. Due to financial difficulties, it lost its staff
over the years until recently becoming a mere tabloid.
Unfortunately, most of its writers moved on to the
powerful and rightist journal O Globo which is owned
by the Marinho family.
There was a farewell meeting in Cinelandia on
September 1st at Amarelinho organized by a whole
generation of readers from the 1960 and 1970’s, as well
as intellectuals, contributors and fans who trusted and
depended on Jornal Do Brasil for many years. It used
to be a great way to start the day in Rio de Janeiro.
Vera Araujo
Susan Bach Books
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Oito brasileiros são finalistas do Portugal
Telecom
Dos 10 finalistas do Prêmio Portugal Telecom
anunciados na noite desta terça-feira (31 de agosto),
no Consulado Geral de Portugal em São Paulo, os 10
são homens, 8 são brasileiros, 8 escreveram romances,
2 são poetas e 6 foram editados pela Companhia das
Letras. Estão no páreo: José Saramago, Chico Buarque,
Reinaldo Moraes, Carlos Brito Mello, Ondjak, Armando
Freitas Filho, Bernardo Carvalho, Bernardo Ajzenberg,
Rodrigo Lacerda e Carlito Azevedo. O presidente da
Portugal Telecom no Brasil Shakhaf Wine ressaltou que
o compromisso da empresa desde a criação do prêmio
é com a língua portuguesa. A curadoria é de Benjamim
Abdala, Leyla Perrone-Moisés, Manuel da Costa Pinto
e Selma Caetano, que compõem o juri final ao lado de
Alcides Villaça, Antonio Carlos Secchin, Cristovão
Tezza, José Castello, Lourival Holanda e Regina
Zilberman. O vencedor, que ganhará R$ 100 mil, será
anunciado em 8 de novembro. O segundo colocado
ganha R$ 35 mil e o terceiro, R$ 15 mil.
Finalistas
• A passagem tensa dos corpos - Carlos de Brito
Mello
• AvóDezanove e o segredo do soviético - Ondjaki
• Caim- José Saramago
• Lar - Armando Freitas Filho
• Leite Derramado - Chico Buarque
• Monodrama - Carlito Azevedo
• O filho da mãe - Bernardo Carvalho
• Olhos secos - Bernardo Ajzenberg
• Outra vida - Rodrigo Lacerda
• Pornopopéia - Reinaldo Moraes
Sandra Soares
Susan Bach Books from Brazil
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João Cabral de Melo Neto (19201999)
Brazilian poet
“From a Brazilian Soccer Player to a
Spanish Coach”
A soccer ball is not a letter
on a home delivery route:
it’s more a telegram that goes
from where it’s launched to where it lands.
Motionless, the Brazilian makes it
go where it must, right to the point;
Brazilian postage stamp in commemoration of Pelé’s 1,000th Goal
(1969). Source: “The King of Football – Pelé on Postage Stamps.”
<http://footysphere.blogspot.com/2010/05/king-of-football-pele-onpostage-stamps.html> (accessed September 12, 2010).
Iberian and Latin American Authors on
fútbol, futebol, soccer – el Deporte Rey
The 2010 FIFA World Cup has come and gone,
but the spectacle of soccer once again captured the
imagination of fans and audiences around the globe
in unparalleled ways. This year’s tournament set new
records for television viewership. Reportedly, the
final game between Spain and the Netherlands drew
more than 700 million viewers, surpassing the recordsetting 600 million audience established in 2008 for the
opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
In the United States, an unprecedented 24.3 million
viewers tuned in their TV sets to watch Spain—or la
Furia Roja—make history by winning its first World
Cup title.
However, audience ratings are just one way
by which to gauge the popularity of soccer around the
globe. Significantly, fútbol has garnered the attention
of prominent authors, whose reflections on the cultural
meanings and the performative aspects of soccer speak
to the enduring popularity of and fascination with the
global game. This selection of excerpts from works
by well-known Iberian and Latin American authors
highlights the magnificence of what is arguably El
Deporte Rey, the King of Sports.
with circus-like arithmetic
he makes it go just where it needs to;
a telegram, outside of time
he sends it to the farthest reaches.
He doesn’t run: he knows the ball,
a telegram, can run as fast as flight.
Eduardo Galeano (b. 1940)
Uruguayan writer and journalist
“I play therefore I am: a style of play is a way
of being that reveals the unique profile of each
community and affirms the right to be different.
Tell me how you play and I’ll tell you who you
are. For many years soccer has been played in
different styles, expressions of the personality of
each people, and the preservation of that diversity is
more necessary today than ever before.
Every time the national team plays, no matter against
whom, the country holds its breath. Politicians,
singers and street vendors shut their mouths, lovers
suspend their caresses, and flies stop flying.”
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Carlos Drummond de Andrade
(1902-1987)
Brazilian poet
In 1969, Brazilian soccer icon Pelé made
history by becoming the first player to score a thousand
goals. Prominent Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de
Andrade celebrated the feat in an article published in
Jornal do Brasil, the Rio de Janeiro daily:
“Scoring 1,000 goals like Pelé is not that
difficult, but scoring one goal like Pelé is . . .
Thankfully, the aesthetic food that Pelé gives
us is pleasing to all palates. As a rare example
of both bodily and mental art, soccer promotes
indiscriminate happiness. Although it divides
spectators into opposing camps, their opposition
is merely technical. An intimate fusion emerges
from the beauty of movement, no matter which
body it comes from.”
Mario Vargas Llosa (b. 1936)
Peruvian writer and journalist
“To admire a footballer is to admire something
very close to pure poetry or abstract painting.
It is to admire form for form’s sake, without
any rationally identifiable content.”
Juan Villoro (b. 1956)
Mexican writer and journalist
“To understand an era, one needs to appreciate what people were thrilled by, and
in this respect soccer is an ideal thermometer for knowing who we are.”
Rafael Alberti (1902-1999)
Spanish poet and painter
Rafael Alberti’s famous poem “Oda a Platko” was inspired by the heroic performance of FC Barcelona
goalkeeper Franz Platko against the Basque Real Club of San Sebastián in the 1928 Spanish Cup. Years later,
the celebrated Spanish poet recalled the event in his autobiography La arboleda perdida (1959 and translated in
1976 as The Lost Grove):
“It was a brutal affair, with the Cantabrian Sea in the background and another sea of Basques and
Catalans watching from the stands. It was football, but it was also a game of pure regionalism . . . Platko, a
gigantic Hungarian goalie, defended the Catalan goalposts like a bull. There were injuries, clubbings by the Civil
Guard and people dashing everywhere. At one desperate moment Platko was attacked so furiously by the players
of the Real that he was covered with blood and lost consciousness a few feet from his position, but with his arms
still wrapped around the ball. In the midst of applause and shouts of protest, he was lifted onto the shoulders of
his fans and carried off the field. Since he had to be replaced by a substitute, the rest of his team-mates immediately
suffered a lowering of morale. But when the game was drawing to a close, Platko appeared once again, strong
and handsome with his head all bandaged up but apparently willing to let himself be killed. The reaction of the
Barcelona team was immediate. Within a few seconds the winning goal was scored against the Basques.”
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References:
Alberti, Rafael. The Lost Grove. Berkeley: University
of California Press, 1976.
Dunbar, Graham. “FIFA Expects 700 Million to Watch
World Cup Final.”
<http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/>?
(accessed September 12, 2010).
Galeano, Eduardo. Soccer in Sun and Shadow. New
York: Verso, 2007.
Noguez, Alejandra. “Villoro y la palabra en el fútbol.”
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/deportes/newsid_
7247000/7247519.stm> (accessed May 18, 2010).
Ovide, Shira. “Cup Final Viewers in U.S. Set High.”
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748
703283004575363521421401214.html> (accessed
September 12, 2010).
Quotation by Mario Vargas Llosa cited in <http://www.
theglobalgame.com/blog/> (accessed May 18, 2010).
Texts by Carlos Drummond de Andrade and João
Cabral de Melo Neto compiled Coelho, Eduardo, ed.
Donos da bola. Rio de Janeiro: Língua Geral, 2006.
Luis A. González and Timothy Thompson
Indiana University
Luis A. González is the Librarian for Latin
American Studies at Indiana University’s Herman B Wells
Library. Timothy Thompson is currently completing a
joint Master’s degree at Indiana University’s School
of Library and Information Science and the Center for
Latin American and Caribbean Studies. This piece is
an offshoot of “Fútbol, Futebol, Soccer: Formal and
Cultural Definitions,” an exhibition poster displayed
in the Wells Library’s Latin American Collection in
commemoration of the 2010 FIFA World Cup (JuneAugust 2010). Thompson translated the texts by Carlos
Drummond de Andrade and João Cabral de Melo Neto
from Portuguese into English. González translated the
text by Villoro from Spanish into English.
SALALM LIV, Berlin, Germany
Executive Board Meeting I, July 5, 2009
Minutes as corrected
Present, Executive Board: Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez,
Hortensia Calvo, Patricia Figueroa, Jane Garner, Pamela
M. Graham, Martha E. Mantilla, Sandra Pike-Raichel,
Gayle Williams, John B. Wright, Roberto C. Delgadillo
(Rapporteur). Also present: Peter Altekrüger, Anne
C. Barnhart, Adán Benavides, Paloma Celis Carbajal,
Georgette Dorn, Mark L. Grover, Sean Knowlton,
Jana Krentz, Nerea A. Llamas, Eudora Loh, Orchid
Mazurkiewicz, Gloria E. Núñez Flores, Alma Ortega,
Richard Phillips, Carlos Retta, Barbara Tenenbaum,
Imelda Urbina
I. The meeting was called to order at 4:13 p.m. with
Graham presiding.
II. Minutes of SALALM LIII had been distributed via
e-mail. The minutes were unanimously approved with
no corrections.
III. Reports
A. Officers
1. President (Graham). Graham welcomed
conference participants and succinctly explained the
duties of the Executive Board and the manner in which
the meeting would be held. She warmly thanked Peter
Altekrüger and the Ibero-Amerikanische Institut (IAI)
for being generous hosts and praised their hard work
in welcoming SALALM to Berlin. Graham elected to
keep her comments short and asked Acosta-Rodríguez
to deliver his report.
2. Vice-President/President-Elect (AcostaRodríguez). Acosta-Rodríguez began his report by
also agreeing with Graham’s assessment of Altekrüger
and the IAI. He continued his report by thanking the
previous Chairs of SALALM committees. AcostaRodríguez concluded his report by announcing:
• Rhonda Neugebauer as the incoming Chair of the
Library Operations and Services Committee;
• Cecilia Sercán as the incoming Chair of the Policy,
Research and Investigation Committee;
• Nashieli Marcano as the incoming Chair of the
Membership Committee;
• Richard Phillips as the incoming Chair of the
Finance Committee;
• Virginia García as the incoming Chair of the
Acquisitions Committee;
• Katherine McCann will remain as the Chair of the
Nominating Committee;
• Jesús Alonso-Regalado and Ana María Cobos
join McCann as incoming committee members.
3. Past President (Wright). Wright reported as
still in the process of gathering final attendance, revenue
and expense figures for SALALM LIII. He hopes to
have the aforementioned figures by December. Wright
concluded his report by asking Calvo to provide the
Executive Board with preliminary figures for SALALM
LIII. Calvo reported the following figures:
• Attendees: 167
• Exhibitors: 41
• Total Revenue: $33,204.00*
• Total Expenses: $31,580.98
• Net Profit: $1,623.00
*This figure included sponsorship totaling $4,500.00.
Calvo noted the total revenue did not include income
and expenses from the Libreros Reception.
4. Executive Secretary (Calvo). Calvo began her
report by announcing that the sale of 21 publications for
the 2008-2009 fiscal term garnered $805.00. She next
noted that as of June 29, 2009 SALALM has:
Personal Members
• New Personal Members: 12
• Total Personal Members: 256 (including New
Members)
------------------------------------------------------Institutional Members
• Sponsoring Members: 20
• Total Institutional Members: 109 (including
Sponsoring Members)
------------------------------------------------------Total SALALM members: 365
Calvo continued by announcing that SALALM Program
Coordinator Carol Avila added a position title field to
the membership directory as requested by the general
membership. Calvo then summarized the source and
structure of income and expense figures from the
Secretariat Interim Financial Report for the period
of September 1, 2008 - May 30, 2009. The available
balance stemming from these figures totals $21,586.88.
She reminded the membership that the figures cited
are from the ongoing fiscal year and that additional
income and expenses will emerge as the fiscal year
closes. Calvo then announced, in consultation with
the Finance Committee, that she would not present a
proposed budget as has been past practice. Calvo noted
that she would defer to Acting Finance Committee
Chair Richard Phillips to explain the reasons behind
this decision in his report. Calvo concluded her report
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by stating that the proposed budget would be presented
after the conference.
5. Treasurer (Garner). Garner began her report
by noting that the dynamic increase of credit card
transactions resulted in changes in the way she and the
Secretariat handle membership dues and associated
income and expenditures. Among the changes is the
decision to have the Secretariat retain all credit card
collections in its accounts. In turn, the Secretariat
sends Garner checks that the membership submits
for its required dues. She presented the membership
with a methodically detailed breakdown of personal
and institutional dues held by the Treasurer and the
Secretariat in their respective accounts. The total of these
dues amounts to $27,140.00. She noted other figures
from associated income categories and summarized
expenditures in the Treasurer’s account. Taken together
these figures result in the Treasurer’s current balance
of $40,868.62. Garner then discussed SALALM’s nine
mutual fund investment accounts. She noted, as of last
year, the funds had a value of $709,507.34 but, as of
March 31, 2009, the value dropped to $477,421.87. The
funds’ value, since June, has risen to approximately
$530,000.00 but the impact this drop has had will slow
SALALM’s future development. Garner continued
her report with an explanation of SALALM’s role and
support of the Marietta Daniels Shepard Memorial
Endowed Presidential Scholarship at The University of
Texas at Austin. The scholarship’s fund value, as of last
year, amounted to $125,305.89. Garner concluded her
report by announcing that Bethany Letalien, last year’s
recipient of the Marietta Daniels Shepard Scholarship,
earned her Ph.D. in Information Science from The
University of Texas at Austin.
6. Rapporteur General (Delgadillo). Delgadillo
announced he was experiencing no problems in
familiarizing himself and the rapporteurs with the
rented digital audio recording equipment secured by
Altekrüger and the IAI. Delgadillo concluded his
report by acknowledging the IAI’s generous support
in obtaining the rented equipment because it saved
the organization from having to encounter penalties
imposed by customs regulations.
B. Members-at-Large
1. Figueroa (2006-2009). No report.
2. Williams (2006-2009). No report.
3. Pike-Raichel (2007-2010). No report.
4. Shedenhelm (2007-2010). Not present; no report.
5. Delgadillo (2008-2011). No report.
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6. Mantilla (2008-2011). No report.
Graham warmly thanked Figueroa and Williams for their
terms of service. She welcomed incoming Members-atLarge Adán Benavides and Sean Knowlton.
C. Executive Board Committees
1. Local Arrangements (Altekrüger). Altekrüger
thanked the SALALM membership for coming to
Berlin. He summarized pre-conference statistics, as of
July 5, 2009:
• Registered SALALM Conference Participants: 248
• Registered Exhibitors: 45
Altekrüger noted that SALALM will not make any
profits stemming from the conference nor will it lose
any of its existing funds as a result of the IAI’s decision
to pay for expenses normally undertaken by the
organization during the conference’s duration. Calvo
and Garner noted the financial implications of the IAI’s
extraordinarily generous support. Altekrüger and the
IAI received a warm round of applause.
2. Constitution and Bylaws (Garner). No report.
The committee did not meet this year.
3. Policy, Research and Investigation (Williams).
Williams began her report by updating the membership
on the committee’s work to propose changes stemming
from its survey of last year. She noted that Graham
introduced an action item from that survey based on
Graham’s work with LALA-L. Graham’s proposal
requests that LALA-L be made an Executive Board
committee. Williams noted that there was consensus
to move this proposal forward to the Executive Board.
She continued by noting that the development of
SALALM’s presence via its webpage, Facebook page
and blog also made it valid to bring all of SALALM’s
electronic communications forums into one group
under the Executive Board. There was agreement that
this should be worked on for presentation at Executive
Board in 2010. Williams concluded her report by
requesting that resolutions be given to PRI Committee
members by 12:00 p.m. Tuesday.
4. Membership Committee (Mazurkiewicz).
Mazurkiewicz began her report by discussing the
committee’s work with the Secretariat to welcome
new members. She confirmed orientation material as
being sent to first-time attendees and new members via
email. Mazurkiewicz reported a less than successful
host reception for first-time attendees and guests
attending due to a scheduling conflict with a Red
Europea de Información y Documentación sobre
América Latina (REDIAL) dinner in progress. She
continued by noting the committee’s discussion of
feedback from a post-conference survey. The survey
results underscore the importance of the committee’s
efforts, along with the Secretariat, in undertaking
outreach initiatives. Mazurkiewicz continued by
reporting the committee’s discussion of adding new
member profiles to the SALALM webpage. Committee
members suggested having these profiles rotated for
a limited time. Mazurkiewicz commented this would
not only highlight new members, but also veteran
members, especially libreros, as well. Continuing with
her report, Mazurkiewicz noted the need for increased
outreach to library students. In addressing this need,
the committee rewrote an existing SALALM brochure
aimed at students. Copies of this brochure will likely
be distributed through personal channels to a number
of ALA-accredited schools in the near future. The
committee also discussed Alison Hick’s proposal for
a mentoring blog. Mazurkiewicz cited a committeewide agreement that the proposal will need to consider
a number of parameters before it is presented before
the Executive Board. She then noted the committee’s
enthusiasm and support of Graham’s e-SALALM
proposal. Mazurkiewicz concluded her report by
confirming her intention to meet with the Executive Board
in a closed session to discuss nominations for Honorary
Membership. Graham commended Mazurkiewicz’s
leadership and work with the committee.
5. Editorial Board (Grover). Grover began his
report by announcing the publication of the SALALM
LI conference proceedings:
• No. 51. Crossing Borders, Latin American
Migrations: Collections and Services for/from New
Library Users, Adán Griego, editor.
He noted the upcoming publication of the conference
proceedings from SALALM LII and LIII:
• No. 52. Borders: Obsession, Obstacle, Open Door?,
Molly Molloy, editor;
• No. 53. Encounter, Engagement and Exchange: How
Native Populations of the Americas Transformed
the World, John B. Wright, editor.
Grover noted the following as currently in progress:
• Annotated bibliography on Frida Kahlo by Beverly
Joy-Karno;
• Williams’ continuation of her bibliography of
bibliographies up to 2006;
• Annotated bibliography of the Mexican muralist
movement by Peter Stern; a two volume work
tentatively entitled “The Best of SALALM”.
Grover explained that the above titled “Best of SALALM”
shall be a compilation, since 1957, of articles from past
SALALM proceedings. The first volume will focus
on Latin American librarianship. The second volume
will concentrate on cultural and historical themes. He
announced Daisy V. Domínguez as the new Editor of
the Newsletter. He noted the Editorial Board’s efforts
towards a systematic search on Google for any online
SALALM publications. Grover finished his report by
announcing the board’s work on a proposal that will
address digital publishing rights. Calvo warmly praised
the past work of outgoing SALALM Newsletter Editor
Llamas.
6. Finance (Phillips). Phillips began his report with
a sobering overview of SALALM’s finances. He cited
Garner’s report that indicates investment endowment
is down 31% depending on market daily performance.
He noted that SALALM’s revenue stream and expense
structure is “beginning to get close to red ink”. It is very
important, he warned, that although current funds, onhand and carryover, ensure SALALM operates daily
there is a pressing need for reviews and actions to
correct the negative financial environment SALALM
faces. With that said, Phillips expressed optimism at
Graham’s suggestion to streamline paperwork by using
electronic voting, electronic conference registrations,
and possibly e-publishing, if cutting printing and
postage fees for newsletters and annual conference
proceedings is viewed as potentially sound fiscal policy.
He continued by noting the committee’s work in seeking
a replacement for Garner who will retire at the next
conference. Phillips then announced the committee’s
endorsement of two proposals. The first proposal
calls for a raise in the personal membership dues for
individuals; the second proposal calls for an increase
in conference registration fees. Phillips concluded his
report by noting that although economic pressures on
libraries and librarians alike will challenge SALALM
and its future development and operations, careful
thought, planning, and coordination with the Secretariat
and membership will result in the emergence of a new,
stronger SALALM.
Insert image GG_AC_dominguez.jpg
Gane Garner and Angela Carreño (New York University)
attending panel 5 at SALALM 55. Photo courtesy of
Daisy V. Domínguez.
7. Nominating (McCann; not present). Calvo
read McCann’s report. This year’s nomination and
election went smoothly, thanks to Craig Schroer,
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Nominating Committee Chair (2008), who developed
a spreadsheet for tracking nominations and kept the
committee on schedule. Calvo reported McCann as
having received 128 ballots, which McCann counted
with the help of Tracy North. Calvo announced Nerea
A. Llamas as the new Vice President/President Elect.
Calvo finished McCann’s report by confirming that
Adán Benavides and Sean Knowlton are the new
Members-at-Large. Calvo and Graham thanked all the
candidates for their participation and congratulated the
newly elected officials.
8. Web Page (Kelehan; not present). Graham
read Kelehan’s report. The SALALM website moved
from Binghamton University Libraries to Tulane
University in early March 2009. Kelehan uses Google
Analytics to track site usage. In the period between
June 1, 2008 and June 25, 2009, the site received 7,899
visits, by 4,834 unique visitors. The site was visited by
computers registered in 93 different countries, with the
vast majority of users coming from the United States.
The top five countries visiting the SALALM website
were: United States, Mexico, Germany, Argentina, and
Spain. The most popular pages were the homepage,
the Conference page, the About SALALM page, and
the Booksellers page. Kelehan noted as having created
a basic blog for SALALM in April based on the
suggestion of the Publicity and Membership committees
chairs and with the support of Graham. Kelehan’s
report concluded with strong support for Graham’s eSALALM proposal.
9. Enlace/Outreach (Celis Carbajal). Celis
Carbajal began her report by thanking Garner, the
Secretariat, Altekrüger, and the IAI for their budgetary
allocations to the Enlace scholarship. She provided the
Executive Board with a detailed breakdown of beginning
balances, budget allocations, Enlace Scholarship winner
travel costs, and raffle prize monies raised for 2008-2009.
Celis Carbajal identified this year’s Enlace scholarship
winners as Mariana Baravalle of the Biblioteca
Nacional de la República Argentina, Buenos Aires and
Gloria Esperanza Núñez Flores, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa. She continued
her report by noting the committee’s support of a blog
or wiki to enable SALALM’s growing international
outreach. This growth was evidenced, Celis Carbajal
stated, by the increasing number of applicants to the
Enlace scholarship. She announced the committee’s
planning for the 25th anniversary celebration of the
Enlace scholarship and its winners. Celis Carbajal
noted the committee’s efforts towards improving
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diversity among Enlace scholarship winners. Some
to seamlessly work out any miscommunication
Central American, Caribbean and Andean countries,
in the planning and execution of Libreros-related
she expressed, have not been as well represented as
events;
other past Latin American regions. Celis Carbajal • Consult with the Newsletter Editor to establish the
concluded her report by noting that these efforts to
timely publishing of the Libreros’ minutes;
improve diversity are ongoing.
• Ensure that future conference dates and times do
not conflict with times requested by Libreros to
D. Interest Groups
meet with their customers.
1. HAPI (Mazurkiewicz). Mazurkiewicz
announced HAPI, after an exhaustive review, had At this point, Graham paused the meeting and after
chosen 20 new titles for index inclusion. She continued consultation with the Executive Board requested that
by noting that last year’s implementation of a new the affiliated groups defer their reports. This request
tiered pricing model resulted in 28 free Latin American was prompted by time constraints.
institutional subscriptions and 12 half-price institutional
subscriptions. These subscriptions amount to 4 times 4. Affiliated Groups
the number of Latin American subscribers prior to a. CALAFIA (Barnhart). Report deferred.
the aforementioned implementation. Mazurkiewicz b. LANE (Mantilla). Report deferred.
c. LASER (Knowlton). Report deferred.
reported HAPI’s decision to not print this year’s annual d. MOLLAS (Llamas). Report deferred.
volume until the following year. This decision allows HAPI to catch up with previously unfinished indexing 5. LARRP (Williams). Williams began her
stemming from when HAPI lacked sufficient staff. report by announcing that LARRP voted to maintain
HAPI also implemented changes to its subject headings. its past annual membership fees. This amounts to
Mazurkiewicz finished her report by acknowledging $900 for North American members and $100 for Latin
HAPI’s financially sound state despite the challenging American members. LARRP’s decision was based on
economic times.
the consensus view that higher fees would make it
2. LAMP (Shirey; not present). In Shirey’s more difficult to recruit and retain members given the
absence, Celis Carbajal and Benavides briefly noted difficult budgetary environment at most institutions.
LAMP’s work toward establishing guidelines for She continued by noting that LARRP deferred on
digitization projects. This represents a shift for LAMP a recommendation from its Serials Working Group
as it moves into support of non-microform projects in to discontinue LAPTOC. Williams reported that
reflection of its evolving use of digital technologies to LARRP will examine a number of alternatives as the
serve its original purpose.
potential implications of discontinuing LAPTOC
3. Libreros (Urbina). Urbina began her report emerge, although this has not yet taken place. Williams
by noting the Libreros’ resolution to allow individual concluded her report by describing LARRP interest in
Libreros the option of paying an established sponsorship a digital project of political documents from Nicaragua
fee of $300.00 for the Libreros reception. She noted the in the 1970s and 1980s, although it is not clear what
Libreros’ decision to publish their group minutes in the role LARRP can and should play in the development of
SALALM Newsletter. Urbina announced the election of this project.
Carlos Retta as the group’s President. She continued 6. PLAC (Wright). No report. This group no
by announcing Linda Russo as the incoming Chair longer exists.
of the Library/Bookdealer/Publisher Subcommittee. 7. ISiS (Figueroa). Figueroa announced her
Urbina concluded her report by requesting that future redesign of the existing ISiS website. The website
conference planners be aware and avoid scheduling modifications allow her greater ease in updating and
conflicts with those times set aside by the Libreros and creating links and subject pages. Figueroa concluded
their customers. She thanked the membership for its her report by announcing the creation of new subject
support as she closes her term as the Libreros’ President. pages for Catalunya and the Basque country.
Lengthy discussion ensued with Calvo, Urbina, Acosta- 8. ALZAR (Barnhart). Barnhart reported as
Rodríguez, Benavides, and Graham expressing the need having overseen a well-attended meeting. She continued
to:
by noting Delgadillo’s presentation of an open access
• Affirm that Libreros work closely with the Secretariat electronic thesis/dissertation portal. Barnhart finished
her report by acknowledging Suzanne Schadl’s efforts in
organizing an ALZAR panel for next year’s conference
in Providence.
9. LALA-L (Williams). Williams began her report
by noting that LALA-L has approximately 203 enrolled
members. She continued by summarizing known issues
with the list’s message and archives structure. Williams
finished by announcing she will address these issues
following the end of the conference. Lengthy discussion
ensued with Altekrüger, Williams, Calvo, Phillips, and
Graham exchanging views regarding the nature and role
of personal and institutional membership dues, rights,
and privileges. Graham acknowledged the importance
of the aforementioned discussion and implications
raised, but due to time constraints, requested this issue
continue at a future date.
IV. Future Meetings
A. 2010, Providence, Rhode Island
1. Local Arrangements (Acosta-Rodríguez
and Figueroa). Figueroa began her report with a
working demonstration of the conference website.
Acosta-Rodríguez followed with an overview of the
conference theme and acknowledged the role of David
Block’s presentation at SALALM LIII in the theme’s
inception and development. Figueroa shared copies of
the preliminary announcement for SALALM LV. She
provided an overview of pre-conference workshops,
conference sponsors, locations, related events and
hotel prices. Figueroa finished by announcing that
additional information regarding the conference would
be available during the second meeting of the Executive
Board. Lengthy discussion ensued with Graham,
Calvo, Llamas, Celis Carbajal, Ortega, and Krentz
regarding possible venues, dates, themes, and finances
in undertaking SALALM LVI.
V. New Business
A. Proposal/Charge for the e-SALALM Ad
hoc Committee (Graham). Graham began this item
of new business with an overview of her e-SALALM
proposal/charge. She distributed copies of the proposal
to the Executive Board. Graham’s proposal/charge
seeks to set up an Ad hoc committee (to be called
the e-SALALM Group) to investigate, research, and
recommend measures that could be taken to improve
and increase efficiency in several SALALM functions
via the use of technology. She shared conversations, over
the course of the last few years, with the membership
and SALALM officers that have expressed an interest
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in moving several key functions online and was not
surprised that this theme surfaced in the 2007 PRI
Survey. She explicitly explained that shifting some
of SALALM’s functions online will involve initial
and ongoing costs, and will require an examination of
available software and tools, and a consideration of
several non-technological issues. Graham concluded
by noting that once in place her proposal/charge will
establish a working group that can survey and review
such options and issues with the goal of providing the
Executive Board, the Finance Committee, and other
relevant committees with specific recommendations for
pursuing any appropriate changes. Lengthy discussion
ensued with Graham, Calvo, Barnhart, Phillips, and
Garner expressing opinions and concerns ranging
from:
• The need to proceed with the proposal/charge while
being wary of the impact that it will have on the
Secretariat;
• The costs of going “all digital”;
• The impact of digital publishing on SALALM’s
revenue stream;
• The copyright implications of digital publishing;
• To the potential expectations of the membership that
will arise with the adoption of the proposal/charge.
Graham made a motion to adopt the e-SALALM Ad hoc
Committee with the proviso that she serve as its Chair
and as needed thereafter. Williams seconded Graham’s
motion. Graham called for a vote on the motion. It
passed unanimously.
B. REDIAL Agreement (Graham). Graham
introduced this item of new business by announcing
a scheduled roundtable that seeks to discuss and
elaborate ways of SALALM - REDIAL collaboration.
She distributed copies of an agreement, sent to
her from REDIAL, detailing such collaboration.
Lengthy discussion ensued with Acosta-Rodríguez,
Benavides, Calvo, Williams, Celis Carbajal, Loh,
Altekrüger, Barnhart, and Krentz sharing views and
recommendations ranging from:
• The limits of what may be shared via the respective
groups’ newsletters;
• Reduced SALALM membership fee rate for
REDIAL members;
• To the inclusion of REDIAL membership, within
Secretariat’s mailing list, for announcements and
other items of interest.
Graham deferred her motion to adopt the agreement
until the second meeting of the Executive Board.
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C. Finance Committee Proposals (Phillips).
Phillips advanced this item of new business by
summarizing the first of two Finance Committee
proposals. The first proposal seeks to raise personal
membership dues:
• Personal Membership: $75.00 (formerly $60.00)
• Personal Membership (LA, Caribbean & PR):
$40.00 (formerly $30.00)
Phillips noted no other changes in dues structure. He
added that the changes in dues would be effective
September 1, 2009. Lengthy discussion ensued with
Williams, Acosta-Rodríguez, Loh, Calvo, Ortega,
Benavides, Barnhart, Knowlton, Garner, and Wright
sharing observations and recommendations ranging
from:
• The history of SALALM membership dues;
• Formulation of proposed dues increase;
• To establishing a staggered fee schedule.
Graham made a motion to accept the Finance
Committee’s proposal. Williams seconded Graham’s
motion. Graham called for a vote on the motion. It
passed unanimously. Upon consultation with Garner and
Calvo, Phillips deferred the second Finance Committee
proposal under the second meeting of the Executive
Board. The second proposal would have set conference
registration fees at $100.00.
SALALM LIV, Berlin, Germany
Executive Board Meeting II, July 8, 2009
Minutes as corrected
Present, Executive Board: Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez,
Adán Benavides, Hortensia Calvo, Jane Garner, Pamela
M. Graham, Sean Knowlton, Nerea A. Llamas, Martha
E. Mantilla, Sandra Pike-Raichel, Roberto C. Delgadillo
(Rapporteur). Also present: Holly Ackerman, S. Lief
Adleson, Peter Altekrüger, Anne C. Barnhart, Angela
Carreño, Eudora Loh, Richard Phillips, Carlos Retta,
Stephanie Rocío Miles, Lynn Shirey, Rafael E. Tarragó,
Imelda Urbina, Gayle Williams
I. The meeting was called to order at 4:35 p.m. with
Acosta-Rodríguez presiding.
II. Conference Reports
A. Officers
1. President (Acosta-Rodríguez). AcostaRodríguez requested that officers inform the Executive
Board if they had updates to their previously delivered
reports. He announced the following committee
assignments:
• Cecilia Sercán as the incoming Chair of the Policy,
Research and Investigation Committee;
• Nashieli Marcano as the incoming Chair of the
Membership Committee;
• Virginia García as the incoming Chair of the
Acquisitions Committee;
• Rhonda Neugebauer as the incoming Chair of the
Library Operations and Services Committee;
• Jesús Alonso-Regalado and Ana María Cobos join
McCann as incoming committee members;
• Katherine McCann will remain as the Chair of the
Nominating Committee.
2. Vice-President/President-Elect (Llamas).
Llamas reiterated the need to find a host for SALALM
LVI.
3. Past-President (Graham). No report.
4. Executive Secretary (Calvo). No report.
5. Treasurer (Garner). No report.
6. Rapporteur General (Delgadillo). No report.
D. SALALM Facebook Presence (Ortega).
Ortega started this item of new business with an overview
of her creation of an unofficial SALALM Facebook
Group page. She noted that as an exploratory outreach
tool the group page works and reported that some
members use it as such. Ortega seeks advice as to the
future direction of the group’s page. Lengthy discussion
ensued with Ortega, Mazurkiewicz, Knowlton, Celis
Carbajal, Delgadillo, and Graham sharing views and
questions ranging from:
• Whether there is a need given for this page with the
existence of LALA-L
• What is the exact role of this page?
• What are the established privacy settings raised
with the use of Facebook?
• The need for prior Executive Board consultation for
approval of social networking experiments, whether
for outreach or otherwise.
B. Members-at-Large
1. Pike-Raichel (2007-2010). Pike-Raichel
The meeting was adjourned at 7:13 p.m.
relayed high praise for Altekrüger and the IAI for their
organization in ensuring a successful and productive
conference. She noted that several exhibitors expressed
a desire to have had coffee in their work space as
was the case at SALALM LI. Other exhibitors, she
observed, would like to work on compiling oral histories
and images to highlight the relationship between the
exhibitors and the membership. Pike-Raichel reported
positive comments at the continued inclusion of Libreros
within the substantive activities of SALALM. PikeRaichel concluded her report by conveying the lively,
ongoing conversations of the profound technological
and economic trends as the membership prepares for
SALALM LV.
2. Shedenhelm (2007-2010). Not present; no
report.
3. Delgadillo (2008-2011). Delgadillo conveyed
requests from Libreros for future conference planners
to have a preliminary list of participants in order to
determine which materials to showcase in their work
spaces. Some Libreros requested that all librarians come
into their areas for a “meet and greet” and thus prevent
the impression that Libreros only meet the “usual
suspects” of 10-15 librarians. Delgadillo finished his
report by thanking Altekrüger and the IAI for their hard
work and efforts during the conference.
4. Mantilla (2008-2011). No report.
5. Benavides (2009-2013). No report.
6. Knowlton (2009-2013). Knowlton conveyed
positive feedback regarding the conference and,
in particular, the boat trip. He continued with
recommendations that he will pass along to the
appropriate committees once concrete ideas around the
e-SALALM proposal emerge. Knowlton passed one
member’s recommendation regarding the proposed
REDIAL agreement. This would require that the
respective groups require their assigned representative
to write a summary group report and thus ensure that
both groups are kept updated of the other’s activities.
Knowlton concluded his report by passing along a
member’s suggestion that SALALM work with the
International Congress of Americanists towards hosting
a joint-conference in 2015 slated to take place in Latin
America. Acosta-Rodríguez noted that the proposed
REDIAL agreement was not formally ratified but it
could be done so informally especially as it pertains to
Knowlton’s shared recommendation.
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report.
5. Editorial Board (Grover). Not present; no
report.
6. Finance (Phillips). No report.
7. Nominating (McCann). Not present; no report.
8. Enlace/Outreach (Celis Carbajal). Not present,
no report.
D. Substantive Committees
1. Acquisitions (Ackerman). No report.
2. Access and Bibliography (Tarragó). Tarragó
commenced his report by noting that the Substantive
Committee on Access and Bibliography consists of
three subcommittees: Electronic Resources, Official
Publications, and Cuban Bibliography. The Electronic
Resources Subcommittee met on Saturday 4 July
from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Paul Losch, Chair of the
Subcommittee, could not attend the Berlin conference
and the meeting was led by Knowlton. Thirty-six people
attended this meeting. Knowlton welcomed those
present and asked them to report on digital resources
created or acquired during 2008-2009 at their home
institutions. Ruby Gutierrez reported on the changes in
HAPI during the last year. Knowlton also asked those
present at the meeting to bring up any issues that they
had noticed concerning electronic resources. A number
of members discussed the difficulties and shortcomings
of Factiva and Latin American News. There was
general consensus that Latin American News Stand is
easier to use, and has better coverage for Latin America.
Other members shared their evaluations of newspaper
coverage in Informe, Latin American News Stand,
and Fuente Académica. This year was the last year for
Losch to be Chair of this Subcommittee. Tarragó asked
for volunteers to take this position. Philip MacLeod
volunteered for this position. The Official Publications
Subcommittee met on Sunday 5 July from 11 a.m. to
12 p.m. Joseph Holub, Chair of this Subcommittee, met
with Peter Altekrüger and discussed possibilities for a
panel session on official publications and issues related
to their collection maintenance at SALALM LV. They
also discussed the possibility of persuading LANIC to
host the Latin American section in Gunnar Anzinger’s
website, Worldwide Governments on the Worldwide
C. Executive Board Committees
Web. The Cuban Bibliography Subcommittee met on
1. Local Arrangements (Altekrüger). No report.
Sunday 5 July from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. There were twelve
2. Constitution and Bylaws (Garner). No report.
persons present and Subcommittee Chair Teresa Chapa
3. Policy, Research and Investigation (Williams). led the meeting. The main item of discussion was the
No report.
bibliography of Cuban-born creative authors (drama,
4. Membership (Mazurkiewicz). Not present; no fiction, poetry) writing outside Cuba being compiled by
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a group within this Subcommittee. It was clarified that
this project is intended to be an ongoing project, but
Chapa suggested that a portion of it might be printed as
a bibliography and offered to SALALM for publication.
Chapa asked those present if the Subcommittee should
have a page, and there was a general consensus that it
should have a digital presence, whether it is a webpage
or a wiki. Possible items to include in this webpage or
wiki would be Subcommittee minutes and a history
of the bibliography of Cuban authors outside of Cuba
project, and a selection of open access periodicals from
and about Cuba. This year was the last year for Chapa
as Subcommittee Chair. She asked for volunteers to
take her position. But there was general consensus
among the Subcommittee members that she should stay
as Chair for another year.
3. Library Operations and Services (Hallock). Not
present; no report.
4. Interlibrary Cooperation (Loh). No report.
III. Old Business
A. REDIAL Agreement (Graham). Graham
requested an Executive Board vote of the proposed
REDIAL agreement that had been discussed and
deferred during the first meeting of the Executive Board.
Lengthy discussion ensued with Knowlton, Calvo,
Graham, Garner, and Acosta-Rodríguez recalling details
from the SALALM-REDIAL roundtable regarding the
sharing of information via electronic and print media.
Garner suggested the agreement be adopted in principle
so as to modify it in the near future if the need arises.
Graham moved the agreement be amended as suggested
by Garner. Pike-Raichel seconded the motion to the
amended proposal. Acosta-Rodríguez called for a vote
on the motion. It passed unanimously.
S. Lief Adleson (Books from Mexico), Paloma Celis
Carbajal (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Anne
C. Barnhart (University of West Georgia) at SALALM
55. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Rocío Miles.
B. Approval of 2010 Conference Budget
(Acosta-Rodríguez). Acosta-Rodríguez reviewed the
proposed budget for SALALM LV. Acosta-Rodríguez
requested additional review of the budget for items
not included. Lengthy discussion ensued by Phillips,
Benavides, Acosta-Rodríguez, Benavides, Garner,
Barnhart, Loh, Tarragó, and Calvo regarding standing
line items, additional projected revenues, expenses, and
sponsor support within the proposed budget. AcostaRodríguez’s revised projected budget totals an amount
of $37,900.00. His projected budget income increased
to an additional $5,000.00. Acosta-Rodríguez called
IV. New Business
for a vote on the conference budget approval. It passed
A. Appointment of New Treasurer (Phillips). unanimously.
Phillips announced the Finance Committee’s
recommendation of Anne C. Barnhart as the new Acosta-Rodríguez warmly thanked Altekrüger, the staff
SALALM Treasurer effective September 1, 2010. of the IAI, and Graham for their hard work and efforts
Graham thanked Barnhart for her willingness to accept during the conference. He wished all in attendance safe
the responsibility of her new duties. Delgadillo concurred travels.
with Graham and thanked Garner for her many years
of service. Acosta-Rodríguez made a motion to accept Acosta-Rodríguez moved the meeting be adjourned.
the committee’s recommendation. Graham seconded
the motion. Acosta-Rodríguez called for a vote on the The meeting was adjourned at 5:39 p.m.
motion. It passed unanimously.
[We are taking this opportunity to include a missing
SALALM 54 Rapporteur Report. – Ed.]
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIES: REINVENTING
ACQUISITIONS TRIPS, THE TRUTH
ABOUT GIFTS AND HIDDEN TRICKS
Panel 23, July 8, 2009 11:00 am-12:30 pm
Moderator: Peter Altekrüger, Ibero-Amerikanisches
Institut
Panelists: Barbara Tenenbaum, Library of Congress;
Christopher Müller, Ibero-Americanisches Institut;
Gregor Wolff, Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut; Peter
Altekrüger, Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut
Rapporteur: Paula Covington, Vanderbilt University
The presenters discussed special collections held
at the Library of Congress and the Ibero-Amerikanisches
Institut, the planning and execution of acquisitions trips,
and the myriad ways, or “hidden tricks,” by which the
Institut augments its collections.
The first presentation was “The Jay I. Kislak
Collection at LC: Artifacts and Interpretation,” by
Barbara Tenenbaum. Tenenbaum discussed the
acquisition of this collection, donated by Mr. Kislak
in 2004, and shared images of the collection through
PowerPoint slides. The collection includes over 3,000
books, manuscripts, maps, drawings and artifacts
relating to the history of Florida, the Caribbean and
Mesoamerica. Of particular note are the Carta Marina
(the Waldseemüller map of the known world published in
1516), 17th century paintings of the conquest of Mexico,
an 8th century Maya Tortuguero box, Taino artifacts
and Mexican ceramics. Acceptance of a collection
with a large number of art works and other artifacts
by Dr. James Billington, the Librarian of Congress,
provoked some controversy. One rationale for doing
so was that the lack of a written record for the Maya
meant scholars must uncover and “read” Maya history
through the culture’s ceramics. Tenenbaum, curator of
the collection, quoted her predecessor’s assessment
that for Mr. Kislak, collecting “turned into a mission to
offer the world a new understanding of pre-Columbian
cultures and European interaction with these cultures.”
Through the Library’s exhibit, “Exploring the
Early Americas,” stereotypical views of American
history are, one hopes, being challenged and perhaps
overturned. Textbooks widely used in schools in the
U.S. have often presented a pro-English, Black Legend
history, treating Jamestown (founded in 1607) as the
first European settlement in the present United States.
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Even some Library of Congress personnel would treat
the Bay Psalm Book as the first book published in the
Western Hemisphere. The 1992 celebration of the
Quincentenary was a missed opportunity to alter those
views. Now, in this exhibit, viewers see an early drawing
of St. Augustine (founded in 1565), copied from the 1593
original. This and other items in the exhibit properly
present Florida as the “home of the first continuous
[European] settlement in the United States.” That state
also provided the first Hispanic Representative to the
United States Congress, when still a territory. The exhibit
marks the Library’s first permanent exhibit dedicated to
foreign cultures, and gives needed recognition of the
significance and contributions of the nation’s Hispanic
populace. Tenenbaum looks forward to the Library’s
next planned exhibit, a celebration of the anniversaries
of Mexico’s independence and revolution. She
remarked that she will be adding items to the exhibit to
demonstrate the large extent of Spanish-ruled territory
in the present United States as compared to the original
British holdings. She commented that the collection is
valued at between $60,000,000 and $100,000,000.
Christopher Müller followed Tenenbaum’s
presentation with a PowerPoint on “Viajes de
Adquisición: Nuevas Posibilidades de Desarrollar la
Colección.” He discussed the steps involved in a bookbuying trip, and the advantages such trips offer. He
covered advance preparation, the trip itself, shipping
and administrative aspects, and post-trip analysis.
Müller normally takes two trips a year to Latin America.
In advance, he prepares search lists of books, journals,
and other materials, and reports of holdings. He
investigates forms of payment and shipping methods
in advance, and advises two or three credit card issuers
of his intended travels, as well as obtaining supplies of
travelers’ checks and cash. He studies city layouts and
locations of particular sites, as a means to maximize
efficiency. A bookseller in the area often supplies the
names of taxi drivers familiar with locales he intends
to visit. Shipping options include mail, specialized
carriers such as DHL and FedEx, booksellers, and
colleagues. He obtains official letters from German
government agencies to reassure customs officials in
other countries that the exported books are not intended
for resale. Even such simple items as cartons and tape
are sometimes difficult to obtain and, in some countries,
boxes must be reversed so that no writing will be
displayed on the exterior. He needs to obtain as many
receipts as possible for meals, transport, shipping and
other expenses, since his Institut employer is not happy
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with “semi-professional” invoices.
The post-trip analysis is intended to assess the
quality of the various institutions and bookstores visited
and to determine whether and how often to revisit each
country. Müller evaluates the cost of books and the trip
against prices charged by export booksellers as a means
of determining the preferred method of purchase.
There are a number of advantages to such a
trip. One understands the market for materials within a
country, and the nature of its book production, and also
becomes more aware of the gaps in the Institut’s own
collection. Finally, in many instances the cost of the trip
and materials proves to be less than the Institut would
spend acquiring those materials through booksellers,
so that money is saved. Müller also meets non-export
booksellers, locates other sellers and institutions
through those contacts, and establishes new exchange
programs with institutions. Finally, such a trip provides
a chance to know the country better, an invaluable aid
to making selections – and there are at times chances
for “un poquito de turismo”!
Tenenbaum asked for Müller’s comments on
the differences encountered in book buying in Cuba.
Peter Altekrüger responded, since it is he who normally
makes those trips. He mentioned the variety of currencies
used in bookstores (pesos or pesos convertibles) and
recommended planning shipping beforehand, and also
getting assistance through an embassy in Havana.
Paula Covington (Vanderbilt University) commented
that since there is no U.S. embassy in Havana, it
is helpful to know that there is at least one firm that
will arrange shipping to Canada and then to the U.S.
(since direct shipping to the U.S. is banned), but that
one must allow substantial time for packing, customs,
and paperwork, and insure that all these costs are
covered and documented. Lief Adelson (Books from
Mexico) reminded us that we are all colleagues and that
booksellers are happy to help in establishing contacts
with the various academic and other institutions in a
country.
Gregor Wolff presented a paper on “Legados:
¿Una Carga o Un Tesoro?” Wolff outlined many
of the notable special collections held at the IberoAmerikanisches Institut and briefly sketched their
content. He followed these descriptions with summaries
of the difficulties they present, their value to researchers,
and illustrated these points with PowerPoint slides.
The Legado Max Uhle (1856-1944) is a
collection of manuscripts, diaries, photos, letters,
and other documents on Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. It
includes ethnologies, cultural history, travel accounts,
immigration issues, etc. Most of it remains unedited. A
complete .pdf list is soon to be available.
Examples of issues faced in dealing with such a
collection include problems of organizing, cataloging,
and classifying these sorts of materials. Conservation is
needed for century old documents, acidic photos, and the
like. There are legal issues, such as authors’ rights and
entitlement to access. There are only two people who
are charged with cataloging, responding to questions
about these collections and working with those who
want to publish or otherwise use the collection. Thanks
to the support of the Fundación Alemania, the Uhle
collection has now been organized and made available
and an exhibition mounted.
The Legado Eduard Seler (1849-1922) is of
ethnological and linguistic interest to Mesoamericanists.
It includes 228 boxes of manuscripts, photos and other
materials on archaeological sites and on 28 indigenous
languages.
Teobert Maler (1842-1947) includes material
on Maya archaeology and a collection of early photos
of Oaxaca.
Wolff described other collections more briefly:
Paul Ehrenreich (1855-1914; Brazil; anthropology);
August Weberbauer (1871-1948; Peru, botany;
climatology); Roberto Arlt (1900-1945; 20th century
Argentina); Robert Lehmann-Nitsche (1872-1938;
myths, fables, songs, Araucanos); Hans Steffen (18651936; Chile, Patagonia, exploration); and several
photographic collections: Max T. Vargas; Sumner
Matteson; Guillermo Kahlo (a relative of artist Frida
Kahlo); and Hugo Brehme.
He concluded by saying that collections such as
these have great value to researchers, but each requires
much work to transform it from a carga to a tesoro.
Peter Altekrüger’s PowerPoint presentation
was devoted to “Where do the Books Come From?—
Hidden Tricks in Acquisitions.” He provided a statistical
overview of the Institut collections, described their
holdings, and enumerated the varied practices (“hidden
tricks”) they use to augment their collections. In sum,
last year they acquired 28,000 books, more than 4,100
subscriptions, 8,000 plus CDs, 500 plus DVDs and
videos. The Institut’s acquisitions budget for 2009 is
$1,230,947. In the past year, 38% of the materials were
received as gifts or exchanges. He maintains that truly
good libraries are doing both exchanges and purchases,
despite the fact that exchanges are labor intensive, result
in significant shipping costs (sending materials from
Germany to many other nations) and yield uncertain
results. One way to reduce costs is to find appropriate
exchange partners. Institut representatives recently
traveled to the Benson Library (University of Texas) to
make selections and Adán Benavides from the Benson
is currently in Berlin reviewing the Institut’s exchange
offerings. So far, 14,000 items have been exchanged
with Texas. Altekrüger has also arranged to send pallets
of duplicates as donations to other libraries in need.
In addition to exchanges, he discussed ways
to acquire books “for free.” A library must begin early
to develop positive relationships with academics with
strong collections who are likely to retire within ten
years. Accept a legacy of all their materials, offer a
letter for tax reduction purposes, and pay for shipping.
They have also arranged for exhibitors at the Frankfurt
Book Fair to donate their books rather than ship them
home at greater cost. (Last year, this meant 6 pallets of
“free” books.) Altekrüger and his colleagues also work
closely with Latin American and Iberian embassies,
who, they hope, consider the Institut their “home” in
Germany. They arrange photo shoots of ambassadors
donating books they have requested of the Embassy
from their home country. These contacts are continuous,
given the normal 4-year changes in ambassadors.
Foundations and international organizations also
donate. For example, the Institut arranged (through the
German State Department) to act as a national host for
CEPAL’s publications, since Germany pays CEPAL
subsidies. They have offered to house other institutions’
(particularly universities’) books, in exchange for
providing interlibrary loan services to their students.
They hold various organizations’ archives and receive
ongoing publications from them. Through good service
to scholarship and visitor programs, they develop
networks to receive working papers and the like. The
regional governments of Spain that operate publishing
programs often provide their materials free. (e.g., the
Institut receives everything in Catalan.)
Altekrüger’s closing advice was “to be a
partner—take all you can and pay for the consequences
later.” Donors like to give a complete collection, not
a portion (such as non-duplicates). Maintain a special
fund for transportation costs, and pay for shipment.
Have a plan for how to handle these materials. He
estimates that they receive one meter of duplicates
every day. They outsource the cataloging of all
donations and exchanges. Donors are happy to see all
materials quickly available. Keep your eyes open for
opportunities, he urged, and illustrated that by asking
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anyone in the audience to come see him if they would
like to be a new exchange partner.
SALALM LV Providence, Rhode Island
Committee Reports
I. Executive Board Committees
Constitution and Bylaws
Jane Garner, Chair
Saturday, July 24, 2010 1:30-2:30 p.m.
The Committee held a brief meeting and then
adjourned to attend the e-SALALM discussion which
was meeting at the same time. Present were Cecilia
Sercán, Rafael Tarragó, John Wright, and Jane Garner
(outgoing Chair). The Committee agreed to work on
merging and updating SALALM’s Constitution and
Bylaws for membership approval at its annual meeting
next year. Prior to the meeting, Jane distributed to
the Committee via e-mail a copy of the Articles of
Incorporation, Constitution, and Bylaws arranged in
one sequence. The new chair is Rafael Tarragó.
Editorial Board
Orchid Mazurkiewicz, Chair
Friday, July 23, 2010 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Present: Orchid Mazurkiewicz (Chair), Gayle
Williams, Melissa Gasparotto, Daisy V. Domínguez,
Víctor Torres, David Block, Paula Covington, Peter
Stern
1. Publications. Mark Grover will be overseeing
the publication of the two sets of Papers that are
already underway. He sent a report that Molly Molloy’s
Papers from the 2007 meeting (Borders: Obsession,
Obstacle, Open Door?) will be published by October
2010 and John Wright’s papers from the 2008 meeting
(Encounter, Engagement and Exchange: How Native
Populations of the Americas Transformed the World)
will be published by February 2011. Pamela Graham
has not yet submitted the Papers from the 2009
meeting. Gayle William’s Bibliography of Latin
American and Caribbean Bibliographies, 1990-1999
will be completed by the end of the year. A possible
future publication is Peter Stern’s Bibliography of the
Mexican Muralists Movement.
2. Newsletter. Daisy reported that things are
going well with the Newsletter. A proposal from the
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Editorial Board for the transformation of the Newsletter
into a digital form has been submitted to the Executive
Board.
3. Medina Award. No nominations were received
this year prior to the deadline. As the winner usually
sits on the three-person Medina Award Committee, they
will be short a person for the coming year. Víctor J. Cid
has agreed to remain on the Committee for one more
year and Víctor Torres will chair the Committee for the
next two years to fill in the gap. The Editorial Board
proposed the following changes to the “José Toribio
Medina Award Criteria for Nomination” posted on
the SALALM website at <http://salalm.org/honors/
criteria.html> (formulated, January 1988 and updated,
October 1994):
• Change the sentence “One prize may be offered
each year for a book-length publication.” to “One
prize may be offered each year for a noteworthy
publication.”
• Change the sentence “Format is not a criterion:
online databases, electronically published works,
films, microforms, and other non-print materials
will be considered as well as published books.”
to “Format is not a criterion: online databases,
electronically published works, films, and other
non-print materials will be considered as well as
published books and journal articles.”
This proposal will be presented to the Executive Board
as new business at their second meeting.
4. Latin American Information Series. Melissa
Gasparotto reported that currently there is nothing in
the works for the series. She would like to work on
developing a clearer editorial mission for the series and
firm up the criteria for inclusion.
5. Hispanic American Periodicals Index. Orchid
reported that the forthcoming combined issue of HAPI
for 2007/2008 will be the last volume published in
print.
6. Publishing rights. Peter Stern submitted
a proposal regarding rights to re-publish materials
published in the SALALM papers. Based on this
recommendation, the Editorial Board proposed
that SALALM members be permitted to repost
papers originally published in SALALM conference
proceedings three years after they have been published
by the organization. Thus, individuals who wish to do
so will be able, with permission from the SALALM
Secretariat, to regain copyright ownership of their
scholarship. It is understood that such re-acquisition of
copyright will be granted solely for non-profit, open-
access purposes. This proposal will be presented to
the Executive Board as new business at their second
meeting.
Finance Committee
Richard Phillips, Chair
Friday, July 23, 2010 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Monday, July 26, 2010 7:30-9:00 a.m.
Present: Phillips, Garner, Calvo, Block,
Tenenbaum, Loh, Mantilla, Barnhart, Covington,
González, Shedenhelm, Llamas, Holub, Murray,
Figueroa, Acosta-Rodríguez, Graham, Altekrueger.
As is custom, the Committee met 2 times: on
July 23, the Committee focused on the Secretariat’s
budget and discussed the advantages of moving to epublishing of the Newsletter; the savings gained from
last year’s utilization of e-ballots for the SALALM
election; and reviewed conference e-packets. The
Committee endorsed the Secretariat’s proposed budget,
the e-Newsletter proposal and other e-concepts. Other
agenda items included a final report by Jane Garner on
her work as Treasurer, and Ann Barnhart was welcomed
as incoming Treasurer. Jane was acknowledged and
warmly thanked for her years of service. In sum, all
3 SALALM financial accounts are now at Tulane,
under the oversight of the Secretariat and Treasurer:
(1) SALALM’s organizational income/expenses/
investments account; (2) the annual conference income/
expenses account; and (3) Tulane Secretariat’s daily
operations account.
The Committee brought up the need to add Ann
Barnhart’s name as new Treasurer to all SALALM
business, tax, banking, investment and other such
documents (and this was later approved by the Executive
Board). The Committee also discussed SALALM’s
move to an e-newsletter and its significance on
SALALM finances, including topics such as possible
impact on ad revenues, legal implications over ethics in
advertising, fraud prevention, visibility of sponsoring
institutions, ad space for mainstream libreros, and any
potential decline of institutional renewals. Peter Altekrüger made budget reports for the
Berlin 2009 conference (generous support from our
German hosts made it a break-even for SALALM);
Patricia Figueroa and Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez made
budget reports for the Providence 2010 conference
(projecting a profit); and Joe Holub and David Murray
made budget reports for the upcoming Philadelphia
2011 conference (Holub and Murray described their
careful preparations). Finance’s Investments Working Group (IWG)
also met on July 23 (at 3:00 p.m.) and decided to give
SALALM’s holdings a cautious posture that would still
generate income via dividends and capital gains, with
less emphasis on growth strategies. On July 26 , the
Committee held its second session. There were further
discussions on the Secretariat’s budget and investments.
Retired Finance Committee member Peter Johnson - an honorary SALALM member -- will offer review
and advice. Laura Shedenhelm will become new
chair of IWG. Lastly, a proposal to issue a fundraising
“challenge” to all SALALM members was received
and endorsed: an anonymous member will match any
donations by members up to $1000 total. Medina Award Panel
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Laurence Hallewell, Chair
Friday, July 23, 2010 5:00-6:00 p.m.
No response received.
The Membership Committee
Nashieli Marcano, Chair
Friday, July 23, 2010, at 11:00 a.m.
Present were Lawrence Woodward, Orchid
Mazurkiewicz, Adán Griego, Nashieli Marcano,
Bridget Gazzo, Anne C. Barnhart, Alison Hicks,
Yumarys Alt. Polanco, Víctor Federico Torres,
Barbara A. Tenenbaum, Iván Calimano, and César
Rodríguez. The Membership Committee opened with
a discussion about the mentoring program and blog. We then had a lengthy discussion on the subject of
honorary membership and about possible ways of
recognizing deceased members. The next agenda
item was SALALM-ALA, SALALM REFORMA, preconference events and other possibilities for promoting
the organization. It was suggested that we do something
special for ALA in New Orleans, such as a reception
at the Latin American Library. A discussion followed
on how to make the current website more dynamic by
including member profiles and how to make better use
of technology, such as the Newsletter, other publications
and webinars as a format for workshops and more. We
then discussed membership figures. The new Chair
is Nashieli Marcano. Bridget Gazzo volunteered to
take the minutes. Yumarys Polanco was a new member
at the meeting.
Outreach/Enlace
Paloma Celis Carbajal, Chair
Friday, July 23, 2010 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Patricia Figueroa (Brown University) and David Esteban
(Grupo Enciclo) at SALALM 55. Photo courtesy of Ana
Lupe Cristan.
For SALALM LV, the Enlace Committee
awarded travel grants to the following colleagues from
Latin America:
• Sergio Rodríguez Quezada, librarian at the
Biblioteca de Santiago, Chile, who presented
Políticas de adquisición bibliográfica en la república
de Chile at Panel 14: Trends in Technical and
Information Services: International Perspectives.
• Claudia Escobar Vallarta, cataloger at the
Colegio de México, México, who presented “El
Libro y el Pueblo”: su contribución al cimiento de
la escuela bibliotecológica mexicana (1922-1935)
at Panel 9: Historias y Contenidos en Revistas
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Latinoamericanas y Españolas.
Several SALALM colleagues commented on the on the
extremely high quality of both presentations:
Prior to the conference, the Committee created
a poster and trifolds with information about Enlace.
These were created to promote among the conference
attendants Enlace’s objective, this year’s award
winners, and also to encourage attendants to support
this Committee by purchasing raffle tickets. Sócrates
Silva and Paloma Celis Carbajal created the poster and
Patricia Figueroa helped the Committee by including
these handouts in the information packets for conference
attendants and by printing and mounting the poster.
During the meeting, the Committee decided that the
poster and the trifold should be uploaded to Enlace’s
webpage.
This year’s Enlace raffle raised $1,817. Of
course, this would not have been possible without
the invaluable help of the SALALM members that
volunteered to sell tickets and also without the help of
all the members that brought so many and such attractive
prizes. There were over forty prizes representing
several countries of Latin America. The committee
is very grateful for the continuous and strong support
that all SALALM members have given to Enlace for
the last twenty-four years. We want to especially thank
Patricia Figueroa and Nashieli Mercano for all of their
help during SALALM LV. The Committee will be
working on organizing a commemorative activity and
materials to celebrate Enlace’s 25th anniversary during
SALALM’s 56th annual meeting in Philadelphia.
Policy, Research and Investigation
Cecilia Sercán, Chair
Friday, July 23, 2010 5:00-6:00 p.m.
No response received.
Nominating Committee
Katherine D. McCann, Chair
Friday, July, 23, 2010 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Members: Kaydee McCann, Jesus AlonsoRegalado, Ana-Maria Cobos
Nominating Committee Chair Kaydee McCann
met with Jesus Alonso-Regalado to discuss the elections
and the turnover of the Chair position to Jesus. (The
third committee member, Ana Maria Cobos, was
not able to attend SALALM.) McCann and AlonsoRegalado also attended the Executive Board meeting
to report on the elections. McCann suggested that the
Board consider electronic (online) voting in the future
instead of paper mail-in ballots due to the low rate of
member participation in the elections.
As of SALALM LV, the new chair of the
Nominating Committee is Jesus Alonso-Regalado.
McCann and Cobos will continue as members of the
committee, with McCann rotating off in 2011 at the
next SALALM conference. A new member will be
appointed by the SALALM president.
II. Substantive Committees
Acquisitions Committee
Virginia García, Chair
Saturday July 24, 2010 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Subcommittee on Marginalized Peoples and
Ideas
Encargada: Irene Münster
sábado, 24 de julio, 2010 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Asistentes:
Laurence Hallewell;
George
Gause; Rita Corticelli; Myra Appel; Lesbia Varona;
Luis Gonzalez; Cesar Rodriguez; Virginia Garcia;
Irene Munster; Mary Jo Zeter; Fred Morgner; Richard
Phillips; Martin Espinoza y Sonia Silva.
Los temas principales que se tocaron: 1.
Honduras: golpe de estado; 2. Peligros/riesgos para los
vendedores al adquirir materiales en México (Martin
Espinoza) o reportar sobre los incidentes en México
(caso de Molly Molloy); y 3. Marginalización de la
mujer en varios países de Latino América.
Gifts & Exchanges Subcommittee
Martha Mantilla, Chair
Saturday, July 24, 2010 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Asistentes: Peter Altekruger, Ricarda Musser,
Debra McKein, Mary Raple, y Virginia García.
The group talked about the history of the Gifts
& Exchanges (G&E) program within SALALM and
mentioned some of the reasons why several G&E
programs have been removed from most of the libraries.
We discussed the benefits of having this program in
our institutions. The group decided to send a short
questionnaire to SALALM members to inquire about
which institutions still have formal G& E programs and
to follow this up by a more detailed questionnaire to
those that still have one.
Serials Subcommittee
Encargada: Alison Hicks
viernes, 23 de julio, 2010 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Asistentes: Alison Hicks, Ricarda Miusser,
Cecilia Sercán, Carmen López, Ruby Gutiérrez, Martín
Cambeiro, Pedro Huayhua e Iría Alvarez.
La meta de este grupo para este año es elaborar
un formulario electrónico y luego un sitio donde reunir
los nuevos serials.
Fred G. Morgner (Vientos Tropicales), Nancy Hallock
(Harvard University), and Sandra Pike-Raichel
(Vientos Tropicales) at the Book Exhibits at SALALM
55. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Rocío Miles.
Library/Bookdealer/Publisher Relations
Subcommittee
Linda Russo, Chair
Monday, July 26, 2010 4:00-5:30 p.m.
The format for the Committee meeting was
an open discussion on the problematic position of
SALALM libreros in the face of acquisition department
requests for added vendor services such as cataloging
and shelf-ready materials, as well as the pressure to
supply Latin American electronic publications and
platforms for monograph acquisitions.
1) The committee meeting attempted to evaluate
acquisitions service models presented at SALALM in
recent meetings focusing on: the Library of CongressCasalini cataloging model and the OCLC selector
notification slip project, initially proposed by Cornell
University Libraries Technical Services Director
Scott Wicks. These two projects were discussed at
this Committee meeting, but unfortunately no clear
information about the value of either was forthcoming.
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2) Libreros have made the case previously, and
made the case again at this meeting, that SALALM does
not assist libreros in any organized way to either know
what acquisition trends are important or how libreros
working within SALALM can learn the technology
needed to serve our clients. At SALALM conferences,
information important to libreros very often circulates
informally through “gossip,” resembling our childhood
game of telephone, that is incomplete or incorrect.
Evaluation of a technology or a “requirement” is not
presented clearly or objectively. SALALM LV again
provides a case in point.
3) Cataloging. It was “learned” informally that
LOC is teaching one vendor, Garcia Cambeiro, the
important value-added service of full cataloging. Other
SALALM libreros who have faced, are facing, or will
face the difficulty of providing full cataloging records
have not been, nor will be, taught by LOC. Unfortunately,
no information about this current project was presented
at any librero SALALM committee meetings. However,
a rumor circulated throughout SALALM LV that all
Latin American material was going to be cataloged
by Garcia Cambeiro. In addition, the significance of
Brown University library’s contracting out cataloging
of Latin American materials to OCLC was not clearly
explained. This added to the confusion surrounding this
issue.
4) Acquisition models offered by large
multinational library providers such as Baker and
Taylor – including shelf-ready, EDI, also considered
important for libreros to provide – have not been
seriously discussed at SALALM.
5) At SALALM LV, libreros were surprised
to find two e-book vendors for academic materials in
Spanish presenting their services to meeting attendees.
E-books for Latin American academic materials
have not been previously discussed at SALALM. No
meetings have been set to discuss the emergence of ebook publications within Latin American and Spanish
collections and its impact upon libreros.
6) Certain librarians present at the meeting
implied or stated that if libreros didn’t get with the
program, libraries would go elsewhere for services.
Others saw the trends described above as a threat both
to libreros and eventually to collections.
7) Libreros present stated clearly that there is
no resistance in our group in adopting and adapting to
new modalities. Libreros on the whole are unique small
businesses that face constraints of distance, technology,
and financing as they move forward to meet the
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challenges in the changing world of library collection.
It is clear that without serious, continuous assistance
within SALALM to meet the technological challenges
ahead, libreros are at a distinct disadvantage.
8) Ideas were put forward to create assistance
within SALALM. These included setting up point
people within SALALM to whom libreros could address
questions during the year regarding MARC records,
cataloging rules, EDI, and other acquisition services.
Other ideas focused on incorporating workshops for
libreros within the annual conference workshops for
acquisitions librarians to discuss such trends as demanddriven library acquisitions, electronic publications, and
aggregation models as well as with technology folks on
implementation, etc.
9) Libreros have begun discussing ways to act
together to form a sort of guild with a web presence
along the lines of the American Antiquarian Book Sellers
Association and based upon our SALALM relationship.
We see this as a cooperative first step that could result
in strengthening our individual services to our client
libraries, as well as providing a counterweight to Baker
and Taylor and others in the larger library world.
10) It was stated that libreros have a three-year
window to position themselves within new acquisitions
models. Libreros see the choices before us as: either
continue to guide Latin American library collections
with our SALALM colleagues, or to give in to industrydriven acquisitions models that put Latin American
collections and ourselves in danger.
Access and Bibliography Committee
Rafael E. Tarragó, Chair
Saturday, July 24, 2010 2:30-3:30 p.m.
The Access and Bibliography Committee
is formed by the chairs of three sub-committees:
Electronic Resources, Official Publications, and Cuban
Bibliography, who meet to report to the chair of the
Substantive Committee what was discussed at each
individual sub-committee meeting. This report was
prepared by the Chair of the Access and Bibliography
Committee to be presented before the Executive Board
at its meeting in the afternoon of Tuesday July 27, 2010.
Due to time constrains he gave an extract of the report
on that occasion. This is the complete report.
Cuban Bibliography Subcommittee
Teresa Chapa, Chair
Friday, July 23, 2010 9:00-10am
Teresa Chapa, out-going chair of this
Subcommittee, announced that Luis A. Retta accepted to
be chair of the Cuban Bibliography Sub-Committee for
the three-year term beginning in 2011. Members present
at the meeting were Sean Knowlton, Carlos Retta, Luis
Alberto Retta, Sonia Silva, Lesbia Varona, and Teresa
Chapa. There were two visitors: Meiyolet Méndez and
María Vázquez Estévez. At the Subcommittee meeting,
members and visitors shared what significant Cuban
acquisitions and activities related to Cuban Studies had
taken place at their home institutions, and members of
the Subcommittee discussed the future of the digital
bibliography of Cuban-born authors publishing outside
Cuba being developed by a group of members of this
Subcommittee. Members present at the meeting decided
to continue this project, and to explore the possibility
of turning it into an on-going open access bibliography
accessible from the new SALALM webpage. The
group discussed who would manage the Subcommittee
website, currently housed at the University of North
Carolina, and Sean Knowlton accepted the responsibility
of managing it. Teresa, compiler of the bibliography of
new books from and about Cuba published annually in
the journal Cuban Studies, announced that this journal
will cease to produce that bibliography.
Electronic Resources Subcommittee
Philip McLeod, Chair
Friday July 23, 2010 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Philip McLeod reported that 52 people attended.
Members and visitors discussed new and ongoing
digital resources. New resources discussed were the
Arte Publico (published by EBSCO) database, and the
Gale Cengage database. The discussion on Arte Publico
drew from a report sent to LALA-L by Fernando AcostaRodríguez. According to this report WorldCat listed
only 2 schools having a subscription to this database.
Some in the group noted that there is some content
overlap between this database and Readex’s Hispanic
American Newspapers, 1808-1980. Paula Covington
presented a brief overview of the new Gale Cengage
Latin American Portal, and of what it will include.
Paula, David Block, and Holly Ackerman are serving
as content advisors to Gale for this database. PRISMA,
HAPI, Latinobarometer, The Handbook of Latin
American Studies, and CCILA were ongoing digital
resources discussed. Sean Knowlton expressed concern
about problems with the resolving links in PRISMA.
Dora Loh asked those present at the meeting if someone
had found a way to subscribe by IP to Latinobarometer
with access to its analysis and the raw data supporting
them. Gayle Williams said that LARRP/ CRP is working
on a standard license agreement for subscriptions to
this database, and that information about that was going
to be presented at the LARRP meeting. Some in the
group said that their libraries already subscribe to it by
IP. Ruby Gutierrez, of HAPI, announced that from this
year on, HAPI will be published online only. The last
print issue of HAPI will be the 2007-08 issue. Tracy
North, of The Handbook, discussed the continuation
and improvement of this digital bibliography. She
showed how the new interface facilitates finding
introductory analysis to its disciplinary sections and the
listing of abbreviations for journal titles in its citations.
Unfortunately, this long standing bibliography of the
literature in the arts, humanities and social sciences will
cease covering economics in future volumes (updates).
Dora Loh discussed CCILA (Catálogo Colectivo de
Impresos Latinoamericanos hasta 1851) briefly, and
gave the URL for this resource <http://ccila.ucr.edu/>.
Paula Covington brought up the Cibera project of
the IAI in Berlin, and Peter Altekrüger gave a quick
overview of this database.
Library Operations and Services
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Gayle Williams on behalf of Rhonda Neugebauer,
Chair
Saturday, July 24, 2010 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Subcommittee on Bibliographic Instruction
Jana Krentz, Chair
Friday, July 23, 2010 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Approximately 30 people attended. For the last
three years, the subcommittee has discussed making
changes to the Purpose and Activities section of the BI
Subcommittee page on the SALALM webpage. Some
changes were made last year in Berlin but because
there were a reduced number of librarians at the Berlin
meeting, Krentz brought it forward this year. The
changes made in Berlin were approved. Additional
changes were made to the “Activities” section. Krentz
will send changes to Melissa next week.
An announcement was made about the eSALALM meeting and those with webinar experience
were urged to attend.
Jana Krentz presented a teaching tool,
“polleverywhere.com.” This tool can be used for
instant assessment – both student assessment and on the
instructional session.
A best practices discussion was held concerning
assignments for instructional sessions. A series of
questions concerning assignments was included in the
Official Publications Subcommittee
agenda sent through LALA-L in order to shape the
Joe Holub, Chair
discussion. Participants shared assignments both online
Saturday, July 24, 2010 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
and in paper. This discussion lasted approximately 30
minutes.
Joseph Holub reported that those present at Participants concurred that the best practices
this meeting discussed the fact that many government discussion was useful. They decided that next year
agencies in Latin American countries do not publish the they would like to discuss marketing and promotion of
same information in their web pages that they publish in instruction.
the final print editions of their official documents, and
expressed concern about the fact that the digital version
of many a Latin American government report may not
include addenda or supporting statistics and graphs
that appear in its printed version. In relation to official
publications of international organizations, he reported
that he received verification from the Organization of
American States that its web page had been updated,
and that it now includes better access to reports. He has
received verification from CEPAL (ECLA in English)
that its documents from 1986 to the present have been
digitized and that they are accessible through the library
catalog in the CEPAL webpage.
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discussed his recent participation with LANIC at the
University of Texas in updating their Cinema page.
He thought it would be possible to create a link to the
Subcommittee’s wiki on resources but Gayle wondered
if LANIC would still prefer to have its own page of
resources for consistency even if what is there is copied
from our wiki. Jesús had plans to speak with Kent
Norsworthy (UT-LANIC) during the conference.
Daisy Domínguez (City College of New York)
brought up our wiki and what we want to do with regard
to updating it. We agreed that after the conference
she will create a message for Gayle to send out to
Committee members regarding individual assignments
and reminding them of what they’d been doing.
The remainder of the meeting included
Oscar Puvill (Puvill Libros) and Angela Kinney discussions on the possibility of a Netflix account for
(Library of Congress) at SALALM 55. Photo courtesy of streaming video supplied to academic libraries. The
Stephanie Rocío Miles.
presence of Enciclo representatives further steered the
discussion to what librarians seek with regard to adding
streaming video to their collections. Enciclo noted they
Subcommittee on Cataloging and
are working to distribute historical documentaries.
Bibliographic Technology
At the close of the meeting, Gayle asked
Ellen Jaramillo, Chair
members present to consider possible panels for next
Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:00-10:00 a.m.
year’s meeting.
Angela Kinney (Library of Congress) gave
an engaging presentation on LC’s collaboration with
García Cambeiro on shelf-ready cataloging. Both LC
and Harvard reported that the bibliographic records
produced by García Cambeiro are quite good.
Mary Jo Zeter (Michigan State University)
described MSU’s change from cataloging in OCLC to
using a new bibliographic utility called SkyRiver. She
reported satisfaction with SkyRiver, especially as there
have been frequent and continuing upgrades.
Angela Kinney also reported on LC’s merger
of the acquisitions and cataloging functions. Similar
mergers have either occurred or are being considered at
other institutions.
We discussed changes going on in our institutions
and in cataloging in general, at times rather passionately,
and how best to meet these changes proactively.
The Subcommittee organized Panel 7,
“Implementing New Cataloging: Practices and
Trends.”
Subcommittee on Audio-Visual Media
Gayle Williams, Chair
Friday, July 23, 2010 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Jesús Alonso Regalado (SUNY Albany)
Subcommittee on Reference Services
Peter Stern, Chair
Friday, July 23, 2010 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Meiyolet Méndez (University of Miami)
volunteered to become the new chair for 2011-2013.
The membership thought about using LALAL as a communications tool, using REF as a header,
so members not on the committee could delete or skip
messages if they so desire.
We decided to retain “Reference” in the
committee name but to rewrite the committee charge
to reflect changing roles: public service, outreach, and
technology.
As the Subcommittee on Electronic Resources
has fewer new commercial products to demonstrate
and discuss, perhaps the Subcommittee on Reference
Services should take on electronic resources as part of
its discussion. The use of technology, such as Kindle,
iPad and cellphones could also be discussed.
There was a suggestion for Subcommittee chairs
to create a theme or resource and deal with it across the
board.
Interlibrary Cooperation Committee
Eudora Loh, Chair
Friday, July 23, 2010 4:00-5:00 p.m.
No response received.
III. Interest Groups
Academic Latino/a Zone of Action and
Research
(ALZAR)
Alma Ortega, Chair
Friday, July 23, 2010 4:00-5:00 p.m.
The meeting was called to order by Alma Ortega
at 4:15 p.m. It was decided to start late to allow people
who were at other SALALM meetings to arrive. After a
brief welcome and some discussion, it was established
that ALZAR will continue as an active affiliate and try to
rekindle its members’ interest. Alma Ortega will be the
chair for the 2010-2011 year. At the end of SALALM
LVI, a new chair will be selected among the ALZAR
members.
There will also be a panel next year, since this
year the group was not able to get a panel organized in
time for the conference. Adán Griego mentioned that
everyone needed to help with the effort to have a panel
presentation next year. Suzanne Schadl will lead the
effort to organize the panel for 2011 with everyone’s
help along the way.
It was also agreed that the ALZAR page on
SALALM’s website will be rewritten to better explain
ALZAR’s role within SALAM and to use this new page
as an outreach tool. The creation of bylaws were also
recommended, but not discussed.
While discussing the relevance of the ALZAR’s
working group meeting, Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez
suggested that members create reports about what people
are doing in their institutions, such as new products and
projects. Marisol Ramos mentioned that the meeting
can also be used to share information about outreach
efforts, collection development, and instruction.
After recapping the actions items for the
incoming year, Marisol Ramos motioned for the
meeting to be adjourned, she was seconded by Adan
Griego. The meeting ended at 4:30 p.m.
Action Items for 2010-2011:
• ALZAR’s description on the SALALM website
will be rewritten. Marisol Ramos, Suzanne
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Schadl, and Alma Ortega will work on the rewrite.
• The Chair will contact Anne C. Barnhart to make
sure the listserv is up and running properly.
• A panel will be organized for SALALM LVI in
Philadelphia. Suzanne Schadl will chair the panel
effort.
• At the 2011 meeting, we will discuss whether there
is a need for bylaws.
Iberian Studies in SALALM (ISiS)
Patricia Figueroa, Chair
There was no ISiS meeting at the conference this year.
IV. Affiliated Groups
Latin Americanist Research
Resources Project
(LARRP)
Gayle Williams, Convener
Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:00-11:00 a.m.
No response received.
V. Regional Groups
California Cooperative Latin American
Collection Development Group (CALAFIA)
Eudora Loh, Convener
Friday, July 23, 2010 1:30-3:00 p.m.
No response received.
Latin American North East Libraries
Consortium (LANE)
Martha Mantilla, Chair
Friday, July 23, 2010 1:30-3:00 p.m.
The LANE meeting was attended by twenty
members plus ten guests. A summary of the fall 2009
meeting was given and the minutes of that meeting
were approved.
The meeting proceeded with a presentation and
a proposal by Miguel Valladares. Miguel started his
presentation by noting the wide variety of institutional
experiences within LANE, including differences in
size, geography, public/private status, etc. However, he
noted that there are many similarities, including: similar
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acquisition models, cooperation/communication, and a
sense of transition/crisis/change. In the midst of this,
the Harvard Task Force released its report which urged
access over acquisition, a major development in how
we consider collection development.
Miguel then went on to talk about an expansion of
his prior analysis of collections at LANE institutions.
His conclusions:
• There are no big institutions (even Harvard can't
keep up with acquisitions in an expanding publishing
world).
• There are no small institutions (even Dartmouth has
a number of titles unique from Borrow Direct, even
in a country in which it does not specialize).
• Even without direct collaboration, Borrow Direct
contributes a substantial number of unique titles in
an organic manner.
• Nevertheless, there are substantial alarming gaps.
He bases this observation on an informal survey
of books culled from an exhaustive bibliography
of books published in Mexico City on a particular
topic. He found that approx 20% on that list were
not held in any single U.S. library. Miguel proposed the following: That we begin
coordinated collection development pilot project within
LANE to address the above conclusions.
An open discussion followed Miguel's
presentation:
Jesus discussed his ability to acquire unique
titles at FIL, approximately 20-30% of which are not
in WorldCat, 60% not even in N.Y. State. If he can do
this with such a small budget, we can do even more as
a regional group. He also discussed his collaborative
collection development project with SUNY Binghamton-between two institutions they have acquired 30% of
the entire Barlovento catalog.
Fernando noted that the numbers of holdings and
institutional overlaps among collections will only take
us so far if we don't know the subject of the material.
How do we get that information? Can we get it from
WorldCat? Marisol noted that ILL plays a role in any
collaborative project, and that we would have to address
the fact that some institutions lend more readily than
others.
Miguel noted that the hardest part of this
proposal is not dividing up the subjects for collection
development collaboration, but the work of assessment.
He addressed Marisol's concerns by noting that if we
as a regional group begin to collaboratively collect
DVDs, for example, then our institutions will have to
start lending them out. Lynn noted that there has never been an
assessment of LARRP. It is hard because the institutional
commitments are sometimes by subject and sometimes
by region and there are substantially different resource
levels between participating institutions.
Addressing the ILL issues, Altekrüger noted
that German libraries have a longstanding and wellfunded ILL program. However, he noted that it only
works when you have a certain budget and division of
specialization, because it can't involve the regular daily
work. An ILL system has to function alongside the
needs of the local institution. Cecilia noted that existing collection strengths
may not be appropriate to build on as faculty retire
or leave and no one with that specialization replaces
them.
Patricia noted that the core collection continues
to be acquired within the collaborative project between
Dartmouth and Brown, and also that there is a problem
with using WorldCat as the sole source of information.
Dan Hazen noted that a distinction needs to be
made between goals of a) developing a comprehensive
collection and b) assuring access to those materials.
He noted 4 tiers of collections (which he went on to
elaborate further in the SALALM program): 1) The
core, 2) The record of scholarship in the field (we
would hope that this is already held by US institutions),
3) Human expression -- music, journals, movies, blogs,
etc. -- materials that have been un-sifted by scholars but
will be fodder for future scholarship, and 4) Raw data.
Pamela suggested using serials as a collaborative
collection development project regionally. She noted,
however, that this would rely on good discovery tools.
Miguel noted that the pilot project he is proposing
could also be a project to help expand e-journal access.
For example, he has in the past approached Lluis Claret
about a particular print journal of interest, and Lluis had
it digitized.
It was agreed that LANE will have another
meeting about this proposal in a few months to agree
on a project, and that the project should include
benchmarks.
Latin American Studies Southeast Regional
Libraries (LASER)
Sean Knowlton, Chair
Friday, July 23, 2010 1:30-3:00 p.m.
LASER did not meet outside of the SALALM
conferences during 2009 or 2010. Sixteen individuals
representing 14 institutions in the South East region
attended the meeting. Individuals provided institutional
updates, discussed the future hosting change of the
LASER website and the possibility for a LASER
meeting outside of SALALM in the spring semester of
2011.
MOLLAS Meeting
Nerea A. Llamas, Convener
Friday, July 23, 2010 1:30-3:00 p.m.
MOLLAS members in attendance were Paula
Cairns (University of Illinois), Luis Gonzalez (Indiana
U-Bloomington), Marne Grinolds (Ohio U), Jana
Krentz (University of Kansas), Nerea A. Llamas,
(University of Michigan), Mary Raple (U of Kansas),
Suzanne Schadl (University of New Mexico), Rafael
Tarragó (University of Minnesota, Secretary), and
Mary Jo Zeter (Michigan State University). MOLLAS
also welcomed guests Sarah Wenzel (University of
Chicago), Alison Hicks (University of Colorado,
Boulder), and Megan Lacy (Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis) to the meeting.
After introductions and institutional news,
MOLLAS had a long discussion about general
trends we see in our libraries. One regards our roles
as bibliographers/subject specialists/liaisons, which
continues to evolve. Minnesota recently moved to the
‘liaison’ model and Indiana is creating ‘field librarian’
positions. Then we discussed strategies for highlighting
the importance of Area Studies collections. As budgets
grow tighter we see a need to justify spending on
Latin American and other Area Studies materials. The
discussion centered heavily on gathering statistics and
publishing studies which support the need for these
collections. We then segued into a discussion of more
cooperation within our group, which seems to be
increasingly desired by library administrators. To this
end, MOLLAS currently is developing two cooperative
projects.
The first project is a cooperative collection
development project for Mexican publications.
MOLLAS reaffirmed the decision to develop this project
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first proposed at the Berlin meeting in 2009. A formal
agreement will be written reflecting the following
distribution of areas: Michigan: colonial history;
Kansas: immigration and transnational movement;
Indiana: indigenous languages and literatures and
political history; UNM: art; Minnesota: women and
gender issues; and Wisconsin: contemporary literature. Second, MOLLAS agreed to begin a cooperative
serials project based on the current list of journals
indexed by HAPI. Each member will annotate a list
of HAPI journals with their own local holdings. Then,
last copy commitments will be made based on current
subscriptions. Members will not be asked to begin new
subscriptions to participate in this project.
MOLLAS concluded the meeting with a
discussion of our membership turn-over. There is
not a clear plan in place for replacing members who
leave an institution. Unless the member has arranged
for a replacement, MOLLAS may not even know who
to contact. As a first step, MOLLAS agreed to send
annual letters to member library directors, reminding
them of MOLLAS’ existence and updating them on our
projects.
Comentarios de los Enlacistas sobre su
Experiencia en SALALM y
la Beca de Enlace
Tener el privilegio de contar con la beca Enlace
y así poder asistir a la LV Conferencia de SALALM,
ha sido una oportunidad de inmenso valor académico
y personal. Conocer colegas que habrían sido casi
imposibles de conocer, participar de discusiones
y conocimiento nuevo que beneficiará mi labor
bibliotecaria en general y particularmente mis tareas
como catalogadora. La oportunidad de expresar mis
inquietudes sobre la disciplina y ver que esto interesó
a otros colegas, sus propuestas al final de la ponencia
y otros acercamientos durante distintos momentos del
Congreso, han sido una satisfacción personal muy
grande.
Enlace también me permitió visitar un lugar
lejano pero que gracias a los miembros de SALALM
me hicieron sentir como en casa. Un día alguien bromeó
que quisieran escuchar a alguien decir que “Enlace
cambia la vida” y créanme para mí ha sido algo así.
Con profundo agradecimiento,
Claudia Escobar Vallarta
Colegio de México
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Mi participación en la conferencia del SALALM
significo la posibilidad de conocer nuevas experiencias
y posibilidades para mi desarrollo profesional,
obteniendo tanto en las presentaciones y actividades
programadas, como en las conversaciones de café y
recepciones, información relevante sobre los proyectos
que realizan, políticas de desarrollo de colecciones
y formas de adquisición de material bibliográfico
vinculado a América Latina y el Caribe, las cuales
buscare transmitir a la comunidad bibliotecaria de mi
país. Agradezco esta oportunidad al comité de Enlace
de SALALM y la cálida acogida que sentí en todo
momento de parte de sus integrantes.
Sergio Rodríguez Quezada
Biblioteca de Santiago, Chile
Enlacistas Claudia Escobar Vallarta (Colegio de México) and Sergio Rodríguez
Quezada (Biblioteca de Santiago, Chile) at SALALM 55. Photo courtesy of
Ruby Gutierrez.
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Instruction 2.0 Continued
Instruction 2.0 theory is all well and good but I’m teaching 3 undergraduate seminars next week and
need some practical examples! What follows is an introduction to in-person or classroom based instruction 2.0
examples. But I’m not an instruction librarian, I hear you cry! Never fear – even if you do not teach in a classroom,
instruction 2.0 principles apply to the creation of web pages, databases, the library catalog and other online
interaction. In the final Instruction 2.0 column, I will give an overview of Instruction 2.0 in an online world.
To recap, Instruction 2.0 embraces the changes in the way that we communicate and interact. How has
student learning changed and how can libraries adapt to this? Randy Bass is a key researcher of 2.0 pedagogy who
set up the Visible Knowledge Project to study learning in higher education. Through these studies, he discovered
that student learning today was adaptive, embodied, and socially situated. What does this mean in a library
instruction context?
Realistic or adaptive instruction enables students to learn new skills that can be transferred outside of the
original context. This means that instead of teaching the intricacies of a particular database, students ideally learn
lifelong skills that form the backbone of information literacy. An example would be learning evaluation skills.
As realistic instruction, adaptive teaching also connects students with the information realities and the academic
conversation around them, emphasizing that learning, information literacy and academic research do not occur in
a vacuum. An example of this is Anne C. Barnhart’s class, which asked students to use their information literacy
training to buy material for the library in their subject area – an activity that is useful, practical and transferable.
Embodied learning means recognizing that many different elements affect student learning. This is
more than looking at learning styles, though – it also shows how the affective (emotions), prior knowledge and
motivation all affect learning. It sounds kind of hippy-chic, but Bass’ research showed that it is not just cognition
or the mental process that affects how we learn. Personal experience or the creativity involved in using non
traditional media helps connect students to new concepts. An example of this would be using a variety of ways
to enable learning; for example, student creation of a video tutorial using screencasting software in order to
supplement and deepen student understanding of a concept.
Finally, Instruction 2.0 recognizes that learning is often socially situated and that students learn from
their peers in communities of practice or learning communities. This means that we need to incorporate different
structures into the design of our classes that facilitate student-peer conversations, as well as student-teacher
conversations. An example of this would be asking small groups of students to create an evaluation schema
collaboratively, which would then be shared with the rest of the class. Within the small groups, students can share
prior experiences and knowledge to cement their understanding of the research process. Socially situated learning
needn’t always be about the students, either. Working with faculty to create a common vision of learning outcomes
is also a form of socially situated learning, where the learning community is formed by librarians and teaching
faculty. An example of this is Suzanne Schadl’s “guerilla” instruction, where she has incorporated multiple short
instruction sessions into a semester long class. Even SALALM is a learning community – one of the original aims
of La Cuna was to expand our own socially situated learning and foster online peer learning opportunities.
Bass’ three observations of learning fall neatly into the 5 C’s that characterize Web 2.0: creativity,
conversation, community and collaboration. The final C is control. For instruction 2.0 to really work, librarians
need to give up control so that the class is driven by student needs and dialog, rather than what the librarian
assumes the students know or need to know. Personally, I think this is the hardest and scariest part, but it is vital
in order for library instruction to maintain and to increase its relevancy in the 2.0 world.
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Alison Hicks
University of Colorado at Boulder
<[email protected]>
the number of panels and the number of
overlapping sessions and sharpen the focus of
the SALALM.
• Keep all activities within the same building.
Reduce the number of social events and hold
them in the building that houses the conference
– a cost cutting measure, since transportation
and receptions are among the largest expenses
that host institutions currently bear.
• Invite libreros to come to the meeting without
exhibits and set aside the first day for librarianlibrero consultations, scheduled prior to the
meeting. This also reduces costs as vendors
could forgo the transport of their exhibitions
and shorten their stays, and the conference
would not have to provide secure space for
overnight storage of materials.
When you get right down to it, the most important
things that we do at SALALM are discussing issues
related to the identification, acquisition and access of
information on Latin America and meeting with vendors
Alison Hicks (University of Colorado at Boulder) and
of that information. For more than fifty years SALALM
Melissa Gasparotto (Rutgers University) grabbing
has provided a setting for exchanging expertise,
a snack at SALALM 55. Photo courtesy of Daisy V.
developing solutions to common problems, compiling
Domínguez.
and disseminating knowledge, and interacting with
information providers/libreros. We can do all of this
A simpler SALALM
another way if we have to.
I’ll signoff as I signed on: this is not a critique or
Now don’t get me wrong; I’m not complaining even an alternative model for SALALMs. Think of it as
about the way things are going. The hosts have treated us one of those levers you see on the subway, “pull only in
to some fine times, and I’ve enjoyed myself immensely. case of emergency.”
It looks like we’re set for the next two years, with
Philadelphia and Trinidad on the docket, but what if our
David Block
luck runs out?
University of Texas at Austin
That prospect was a topic of dinner conversation
this winter when four librarians and my wife pushed
back from the groaning table. Could we imagine putting
together, on short notice, a proposal that preserved the
essence of our meeting and cut back the institutional
commitment to an irresistible level? Here’s what we
agreed on before we retired for the night.
• Rely on pre-conference e-mail to reduce the
size of the committee meeting agendas. This
would decrease the time devoted to those
meetings at the conference itself.
• Design a program focused on a narrow topic
and limit the number of sessions to those that
directly address the topic. This would reduce
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Conferences to Come
[The Newsletter’s practice is to repeat only the basic
information about future meetings we have previously
announced (identified by an asterisk*) unless we have
new information to give. Readers may refer back to
our original mention for fuller details. -- Ed.]
NOVEMBER 6, 2010: New England Council on
Latin American Studies (NECLAS) Annual Meeting.
University of Connecticut at Storrs. <http://www.
neclas.org/>*
MAY 16-20, 2011: 43rd Annual Conference of the
Association of Caribbean Historians. Puerto Rico.
For more information, please visit: <http://www.
associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/>
JUNE 12-14, 2011: “Going Global: Jewish American
Life and Arts.” XV International Research Conference
of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association
(LAJSA). Arizona State University. Tempe, Arizona.
For more information, please visit: <http://www.utexas.
edu/cola/orgs/lajsa/events/11500>*
SEPTEMBER 15-18, 2011: “Connecting to Our Past,
Celebrating Our Present, Envisioning our Future.”
REFORMA 4th National Conference. Denver, Colorado.
NOVEMBER 11-13, 2010: “Haiti, History, Healing: For more information, visit: <http://rncdenver2011.
Facing the Challenges of Reconstruction.” 22nd wordpress.com/>*
Annual Haitian Studies Association (AHS) Conference.
Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island. For more OCTOBER 31, 2011: 1st International Hispanic
information, please visit: <http://www.haitianstudies. Conference of the Day of the Dead: “Monsters, Ghosts
& Devils in Latin American & Peninsular Literature,
umb.edu/>
Film, and Music.” Florida Memorial University.
NOVEMBER 22-26, 2010: “Tecnología para el Miami, Florida. For CFP, visit: <http://www.h-net.org/
Conocimiento.” Interf@ces Conference. For more announce/show.cgi?ID=178152>
information, please visit: <http://www.ucol.mx/
interfaces/>
NOVEMBER 27–DECEMBER 5,2 010: 24 Feria
Internacional del Libro Guadalajara. For more
information, please visit: <http://www.fil.com.mx/>*
FEBRUARY 10-20, 2011: Feria del Libro de Cuba. La
Habana, Cuba.*
FEBRUARY 14-19, 2011: National Association of
Hispanic and Latino Studies Conference. Crown Plaza
Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For more
information, please visit: <http://www.naaas.org/>
APRIL 7-9, 2011: “Caribbean Unbound V: Vodou &
Créolité” Franklin College Conference on Caribbean
Literature & Culture. Sorengo (Lugano), Switzerland.
For more information, please contact: Prof. Robert H.
McCormick, Jr. at <[email protected]>
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Presidential Message…
Continued from front page...
Hall before passing in the final Executive Board meeting. Currently, I am forming and charging the Communications Committee, whose primary task over the
next several months will be to plan the transformation
of the Newsletter to its online form. In the interim, the
SALALM Newsletter will appear in its same format as
a .pdf document. This move will have the immediate
effect of saving SALALM approximately $13,000 per
year in printing and postage costs. Long term, SALALM’s activities will be more visible to SALALM
members and to potential members internationally. It
will also allow for a more timely and dynamic news
forum.
Both of these proposals developed as a result of
Pamela Graham’s e-SALALM initiative, which called
for a review of “routine SALALM functions (i.e. initial
memberships and membership renewals, conference
registration, SALALM election balloting); publications
(i.e. Newsletter, Membership Directory, Proceedings
and other publications); publicity and outreach (i.e.
use of blogs, Facebook, podcasts, and other social
networking tools to disseminate information and engage
existing and potential members); and intra-SALALM
communication (i.e. group workspaces for committees/
subcommittees, tools for sharing documents, minutes,
and any project documentation etc.)”. While the
Newsletter and Communications Committee proposals
take us half way to completing the goals outlined by the
e-SALALM proposal, there is still much to be done. To
continue this work, I have re-formed the e-SALALM
Ad-hoc Committee, which now includes: Alison Hicks,
chair; Suzanne Schadl and Nashieli Marcano. The group
will focus primarily on a review of routine SALALM
functions and Intra-SALALM communication and
present their recommendations at our next SALALM
meeting in Philadelphia. While I look forward to the
e-SALALM Ad-hoc Committee’s recommendations,
I also want to take this opportunity to thank Pamela
Graham for her excellent work in developing the eSALALM proposal and leading this initiative over the
last two years.
No less important are two further proposals
made by the Editorial Board and accepted at the final
Executive Board Meeting. The first changes the “José
Toribio Medina Award Criteria for Nomination” (at
<http://salalm.org/honors/criteria.html>) to a prize for a
noteworthy publication, instead of the more limiting
book-length publication, and adds journal articles to
the list of acceptable formats. The second proposal
gives SALALM members the option “to repost
papers originally published in SALALM conference
proceedings three years after they have been published
with the organization” with permission of the SALALM
Secretariat. Permission will be granted for non-profit,
open-access purposes only.
In other news, PRI (Policy, Research and
Investigation Committee) has initiated a review of the
Operations Handbook with an eye toward enhancing its
content. And, the Constitutions & Bylaws Committee is
rewriting the SALALM Constitution & Bylaws as well
as drafting an official SALALM mission statement.
As you can see, this will be a big year for
SALALM. I will do my best to keep you updated as
the year progresses. I hope you will feel free to send
me any comments or suggestions you might have about
the initiatives mentioned or anything else SALALM
related.
On a final note, I urge you to renew your
SALALM membership as soon as possible. The
SALALM Secretariat depends on these renewals to
carry out the work of the organization. I also encourage
you to contribute to the SALALM Challenge Match,
which will be matched up to $1,000 thanks to an
anonymous donor. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity
to support SALALM!
Nerea A. Llamas
University of Michigan
David Dressing (Tulane University), Sean
Knowlton (Tulane University), Carol Avila
(SALALM),
Hortensia
Calvo
(Tulane
University), annual open house and book sale at
the Latin American Library (Tulane University).
Photo courtesy of Verónica Sánchez.
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*Committee assignments are not carried over from one year to the next. Therefore, you must fill out this form for
2010/2011 even though you worked on a committee or committees last year.
YOUR NAME:__________________________________________________________
Access and Bibliography Committee
Chair: Teresa Chapa (2010/13)
EXECUTIVE BOARD COMMITTEES
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Chair: Rafael Tarragó (2010/13)
_____Policy, Research and Investigation
Committee
Chair: Cecilia Sercán (2009-2012)
_____Subcommittee on Cuban Bibliography
Chair: Luis Retta (2010/13)
_____Subcommittee on Official Publications
Chair: Joseph Holub (2008/11)
_____Membership Committee
Chair: Nashieli Marcano (2009/2012)
_____Subcommittee on Electronic Resources
Chair: Philip MacLeod (2009/2012)
_____Finance Committee
Chair: Richard Phillips (2008/11)
Library Operations and Services Committee
Chair: Rhonda Neugebauer (2009/2012)
_____Outreach/Enlace Committee
Chair: Paloma Celis Carbajal (2008/11)
_____Subcommittee on Audio-Visual Media (Non-
print Media)
Chair: Gayle Williams (2009-2012)
SUBSTANTIVE COMMITTEES
_____Subcommittee on Bibliographic Instruction
Chair: Jana Krentz (2009/2012)
Acquisitions Committee
Chair: Virginia García (2009/2012)
_____Subcommittee on Cataloging and
Bibliographic Technology
Chair: Ellen Jaramillo (2009/2012)
_____Library/Bookdealer/Publisher Subcommittee
Chair: Linda Russo (2009/12)
_____Subcommittee on Reference Services
Chair: Meiyolet Méndez (2010/13)
_____Subcommittee on Gifts & Exchange
Chair: Martha Mantilla (2007/11)
_____Interlibrary Cooperation Committee
Chair: Sarah Buck Kachaluba (2010/13)
_____Subcommittee on Serials
Chair: Alison Hicks (2009/12)
_____Subcommittee on Marginalized Peoples
and Ideas
Chair: Irene Münster (2008/2011)
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( ) Institutional (all countries): $110.00
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( ) Institutional-Sponsoring (all countries): $500.00
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( ) Contribution to the Marietta Daniels Shepard Scholarship Endowment ________
( ) Contribution to Enlace Program ________
( ) Contribution fo the SALALM Challenge Match
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( ) Members outside the U.S. may add $10.00 Airmail Fee ________
( ) Credit Card Handling Fee: $3.00
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TOTAL:
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VISA__ MASTERCARD__ EXPIRATION DATE________ CREDIT CARD #_________-_________-_________-_________
LAST THREE DIGITS ON BACK OF CARD ______
SIGNATURE________________________________________ DATE__________